Trump’s Budget: Making America God-Awful Again Trump’s Budget: Making America God-Awful Again
It would destroy what’s left of the social safety net and finish the hollowing out of America’s working and middle classes.
Feb 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Has Been Out-Conned by the Pentagon Trump Has Been Out-Conned by the Pentagon
Despite a woeful 75-year military record, the Pentagon’s coffers are overflowing with taxpayer dollars.
Feb 5, 2020 / William Astore
The Pentagon’s New Budget Is a Recipe For Disaster The Pentagon’s New Budget Is a Recipe For Disaster
Taxpayer dollars will continue to pour into a revolving-door industry with little oversight and outrageous spending.
Jan 23, 2020 / Mandy Smithberger
Americans Want Jobs, Not War Americans Want Jobs, Not War
Polls indicate voters would like to see a reduced Pentagon budget and more spending on health care and education at home.
Jan 6, 2020 / Guy T. Saperstein and Joe Cirincione
President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal
The administration’s holiday greeting is a plan to slash food stamp benefits for roughly 700,000 unemployed Americans.
Dec 25, 2019 / John Nichols
Letters From the January 13/20, 2020, Issue Letters From the January 13/20, 2020, Issue
Is a deficit really a strength?… Sharp quills (web only)…
Dec 24, 2019 / Our Readers, Marshall Auerback, and Donna Minkowitz
The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty
For five debates, I’ve been waiting for just one question about American poverty. There have been zero.
Dec 19, 2019 / Alan Minsky
The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs
Faith leaders are calling on presidential candidates to reallocate money away from the military and toward housing and food-aid programs.
Dec 11, 2019 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Joyce Ajlouny
Why Democrats Need to Stop Worrying and Love the Deficit Why Democrats Need to Stop Worrying and Love the Deficit
Delivering on big progressive ideas like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal will never happen until Democrats get over their fear of red ink.
Nov 14, 2019 / Marshall Auerback
Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change
The worst part? That the president believes his position is a political winner.
Nov 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel