Peace Economy Transitions

The brass asked for a report on eliminating waste. When investigators found some, the military buried it.

As our climate crisis plays out in increased refugee flows and natural disasters, the government is still wasting money on ineffective, traditional military security.

The Military and Climate Security Budgets Compared

IPS defense expert Miriam Pemberton explains that the United States military remains the most powerful on earth by far in this segment of Campaign for America’s Future “Burning Issues” video series.

Hundreds of thousands of jobs are tied to the fortunes of Pentagon spending, but the People’s Budget has the means to overcome this dependency.

Sanders would find plenty to get rid of in America’s bloated defense budget.

The next GOP debate could find even more substance by making candidates answer Paul’s question to the conservative movement.

As Congressional dysfunction seemed to be barreling us toward a government shutdown, comes the news of an 11th-hour deal, announced Monday at midnight.

We’re now getting another taste of what the ongoing assault on the federal government’s watchdog function is doing to all of us.

In his address to Congress, Pope Francis talked about causes of war.

The debate over defense spending isn’t what it looks like.

Boosting the Pentagon’s budget amounts to robbing domestic programs we desperately need.

For U.S. communities dependent on the same industries that have brought Russia to its knees, the time to start planning an economic transition is now.

As funding for military contracts shrinks, major defense contractors have started to edge their way into the business of implementing health care reform.

Defense-dependent communities need to start diversifying their economies now, before shifts in Pentagon spending leave them with few viable alternatives.

A Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post

The federal government needs to cut military spending to free up the money needed to meet the climate challenge.

A new report connects U.S. military engagement and the threat of climate change.

We may have the best chance since the end of the Cold War to achieve a less militarized economy.

Spring budget season is almost over, and the House and Senate have once again placed parochial politics above budget discipline in their consideration of the Pentagon budget.