The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets

In the long run, the Defense Department is not likely to escape the growing imperative of change.

Jul 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Coronavirus Pushes State Budgets to the Brink The Coronavirus Pushes State Budgets to the Brink

Cuts will fall the hardest on those who have been on the front lines of the crisis.

Jul 10, 2020 / Bryce Covert

Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree

The Trump administration wants missiles, and pushback will require immediate action.

Jul 2, 2020 / Tristan Guyette and William D. Hartung

Representative Barbara Lee: ‘Defund the Pentagon Budget’ Representative Barbara Lee: ‘Defund the Pentagon Budget’

The California representative is calling for reallocation from military budgets to meet human needs. And she’s got allies like Bernie Sanders. 

Jul 2, 2020 / John Nichols

We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That. We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That.

The problem is not that there is no money, but that the decisions have already been made not to spend it on homelessness and the injustices that create and perpetuate it.

Jul 2, 2020 / Mary Kate Bacalao

Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health

Jun 30, 2020 / Mandy Smithberger

What Does It Really Mean to Invest In Black Communities? What Does It Really Mean to Invest In Black Communities?

As the call grows to “divest and invest,” it is essential that we not exchange the violence of the police for the violence of finance capitalism.

Jun 29, 2020 / Feature / Destin Jenkins

How to Make Defunding the Police a Reality How to Make Defunding the Police a Reality

For the past half-century, American cities have spent more on policing each year. All of a sudden, nationwide protests have put divestment on the table.

Jun 29, 2020 / Feature / Bryce Covert

It’s Time to Disarm the Police It’s Time to Disarm the Police

It can be done. Just look at London!

Jun 25, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan

America’s Digital Divide Is an Emergency America’s Digital Divide Is an Emergency

Denying high-speed Internet to all Americans puts marginalized groups at risk.

Jun 23, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel