Tag: military budget
Congressional stalemate: $858 billion for military, yet $12 billion child poverty...
A critical look at the Congressional impasse over funding $12 billion for Child Tax Credit expansion amid the approval of a colossal $858 billion military budget.
Sanders ‘disappointed, but not surprised,’ as Senate rejects 10% military spending...
"Spending $886 billion on the Pentagon will not make us safer."
The ultimate all-American slush fund
Could a new budget loophole allow Pentagon spending to soar even higher?
Biden’s 2024 funding proposal is a war budget and he is...
What does this have to do with "defense?"
Merger mania in the military-industrial complex
Pentagon waste is a longstanding issue in desperate need of meaningful action.
What it means for hunger to burn through the Pentagon’s ranks
Why does the U.S. have an obsession with defense spending rather than analyzing the military's food insecurity?
Spending unlimited
Isn’t it time to end the national-security version of spending unlimited in Washington?
House votes down amendments to cut ‘outrageous’ military budget
"The good news is: the American people are on to the racket and mobilizing to demand a reallocation of funding away from the Pentagon and to prioritize human needs."
What a waste!
It can’t be emphasized enough just how many taxpayer dollars are now being showered on the Pentagon.
The Pentagon just got $778 billion, but USAID is running out...
“Why is there more money for the military-industrial complex… at the same time the U.S. is refusing to spend the $25 billion needed to make enough additional vaccines to vaccinate the world?”
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World Central Kitchen halts operations after Israeli airstrike kills staff in Gaza
Humanitarian efforts in Gaza face new challenges after an Israeli airstrike kills aid workers, highlighting the dangers of delivering aid in conflict zones.
Dire betrayals – banishing the past and core values: what else tells us who...
Revolutions are not about overwhelming negativity.
Election aftermath
Staring down misogyny.
Book bans across the U.S. disproportionately target children’s books by authors of color
Study reveals book bans in U.S. schools disproportionately target works by authors of color, using censorship as a political tool amid cultural conflicts.
Trump’s Project 2025 architect pick sparks fears for Social Security and Medicare cuts
President-elect Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought, a lead figure in Project 2025, signals the potential for deep cuts to critical safety net programs, despite campaign promises to protect them.