Emma Lecavalier

Nearly two-thirds of the federal discretionary budget goes to militarized federal programs, leaving just over a third for our communities — a sliver some lawmakers want to cut even further.
IPS’s National Priorities Project takes a look at where American taxpayers’ money went in 2022, and how skewed our national priorities are.
It’s clear that keeping the status quo on Pentagon spending means needlessly keeping millions mired in poverty
Last week, the White House released President Biden’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins October 1 of 2023. As usual, the biggest portion of the discretionary budget request […]
From its earliest beginnings, DHS has been associated with some of our country’s worst scandals.
Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. government took a sharp turn toward surveillance, racial profiling, and an immigration policy based on fear. In March 2003, the newly christened Department of […]
March 9 – Today the White House released the President’s budget request, laying out the President’s priorities for the country. The $1.6 trillion discretionary spending request includes an eye-popping $886 billion for the Pentagon […]
Today the White House released the President’s budget request, laying out the President’s priorities for the country.
We could fund programs that meet real human needs for basics like housing, food, education, and child care.
Sorry, but we have too many other needs in this country to spend $858 billion on a department that can’t even pass an audit.
Congress is set to shell out more money to the Pentagon, in spite of the agency once again failing to show that it knows where its money goes.
How Washington’s climate spending compares to its investments in the military.
Even $100 billion is actually a modest cut when it comes to the Pentagon. We could cut much more and end up even safer.
The National Defense Authorization Act is expected to receive a full vote in July. It’s not too late for members of Congress to change course.
In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.
U.S. and NATO militaries spent more than 17 times as much as Russia. Putin still waged war on Ukraine.
This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?
Less than one percent of the Pentagon’s new $782 billion budget is marked for Kyiv. About 50 times as much will go to for-profit corporations.
Spending 12 times as much on our military as Russia didn’t prevent a war in Europe. It just deprived us of resources at home.
The spending priorities Biden listed in his State of the Union speech don’t match reality. It’s time to invest in the people of this country.