Seven Things We Could Do If We Cut the Pentagon by $100 Billion
We could fund programs that meet real human needs for basics like housing, food, education, and child care.
While the Nation Reels, the Pentagon Budget Keeps Ramping Up Nuclear Weapons
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.
U.S. Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution
U.S. actions are raising tensions with Russia rather than resolving them.
Will the U.S. Stoke War in Ukraine While the World Burns?
While the U.S. sends quick weapons shipments and maneuvers troops, other urgent problems go unsolved.
U.S. Military Contracts Totaled $3.4 Trillion Over 10 Years
Democrats are slashing the Build Back Better bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion over ten years. Meanwhile, Pentagon contractors have received $3.4 trillion over the past decade.
Taxpayers are Subsidizing Soaring CEO Pay at Pentagon Contractors
If Congress doesn’t crack down on military contractor pay, the White House should.
COVID Shrank the Global Economy, but U.S. Military Spending is Still More Than the Next 11 Countries Combined
The U.S. accounts for 39 percent of global military spending. That’s more than the next eleven countries combined.
Biden Is Thinking Big on Jobs. On the Pentagon, He Should Think Smaller.
An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
Biden’s Pentagon is Still Trump’s Pentagon
Biden’s recent Pentagon budget proposal would increase Pentagon and war spending from $740 billion in FY2021 to $753 billion in FY2022.
The Real Meaning of ‘Collateral Damage’
U.S. bombs hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, leaving at least 22 dead.