Instead of asking the military to take control, the civilian government and public health experts must take over the vast medical resources the military controls and direct them to civilian use.
Trump has sent more new troops to the Middle East than he’s bringing home from Afghanistan.
There are few clearer ways to see an administration’s choices than its budget. Here’s what we found in the president’s.
The president’s 2021 budget aims to cut funding for an already struggling State Department by $1.5 billion, and slash humanitarian aid by nearly 40 percent.
A reframing of our national priorities is overdue—it’s well past time to put people and planet over the Pentagon.
This year and beyond, it’s time to resist this militarized agenda and promote a moral budget that rises to the urgent crises of our time.
Progressive proposals are always met with affordability questions. Those same questions must be put to conservatives, starting with Trump’s 2021 budget.
Congress won’t pass the president’s 2021 budget proposal as is, but it’s clear Trump wants to boost military spending while divesting from everything else.
We’ve debated the costs and benefits of health, environment, and education policy. Let’s do the same for the wars and weapons that take millions of lives.
The U.S. military is creating an imaginary “space gap” to pour money into closing, wasting funds while increasing the risk of conflict.
Moderators at the Democratic debate asked if Medicare for All would bankrupt the country, but failed to ask about the cost of the last two decades of war.
The military budget for 2021 must involve a tougher negotiation that results in real changes to Pentagon and presidential war powers.
The United States spent over 800 billion dollars on the war in Iraq, while social services and infrastructure crumbled at home.
Hard data shows ending our wars would be smart politics — and the first step toward repairing a moral calamity.
We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.