National Priorities Project

This fall, organizers with the O’ahu water protectors in Hawai’i made the long trek to the White House to demand an immediate shut down of the Red Hill bulk fuel […]

How Washington’s climate spending compares to its investments in the military.

“If we want to begin making our communities safer from gun violence, the first step must be to invest in ourselves, because lord knows the police won’t save us.”

Even $100 billion is actually a modest cut when it comes to the Pentagon. We could cut much more and end up even safer.

With a full vote for this year’s NDAA expected in July, it is not too late to turn the tide. It is time to say no to nuclear weapons.

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.

Over-investment in the military is a factor that left the U.S. so vulnerable to the pandemic in the first place.

In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.

Far from being the “alternative to detention” it’s sold as, e-carceration is booming right alongside a growing number of immigrant detention beds.

A vision for a transformative budget for U.S. immigration.

U.S. and NATO militaries spent more than 17 times as much as Russia. Putin still waged war on Ukraine.

This year, the United States will spend twice as much every day on the military than it does on international climate aid all year.

How does our government actually spend our tax dollars? NPP has the receipts.

Over the span of 20 years, spending on ICE and CBP more than doubled alongside steady growth in other forms of militarized spending.

This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?

The U.S. has relied for far too long on a false equation of military might and higher military spending with security.

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.

Redirecting even a modest 10 percent of the military budget to meet urgent climate finance needs would go a long way toward paying our fair share. 

Advocates need to pressure congress to invest in institutions that care about and prioritize domestic and international wellbeing, while divesting from systems of violence and harm.

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.