Environment

Climate Change Is the Fight of Our Lifetime—It’s Time We Spent Our Money Like We Knew That

Lindsay Koshgarian, Alliyah Lusuegro / OtherWords Sep 21, 2023 More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Shoving the Shutdown

Monte Wolverton Sep 18, 2023 Dig deeper

Military

All-American Slush Fund: The Government’s Latest Gift to the Pentagon and Its Already Bloated Contractors

Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Jun 22, 2023 The department’s budget will almost certainly continue to soar, undoubtedly reaching $1 trillion or more annually within just the next few years.  Americans can’t afford to let that happen. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Politics

House GOP Turns Sights on Social Security and Medicare

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jan 11, 2023 House GOP puts military expenditure over welfare. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Only Sanders Can Challenge Trump’s Predatory Budget Plan

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Feb 13, 2020 The budget proposal offers a terrifying preview of what we can expect from Trump if he wins another four years in office. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Budget Deficit to Break $1 Trillion Despite Strong Economy

ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Jan 28, 2020 Deficits averaging 4.8% of GDP are foreseen over the course of the coming decade; experts say anything above 3% is unsustainable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

House Passes $1.4 Trillion Federal Spending Bill

ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Dec 17, 2019 It gives Trump steady funding for his U.S.-Mexico border fence while Democrats win sweeping spending increases on domestic programs. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

DNC Won’t Create Oversight Panel to Review the Millions It Spends

By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Jul 31, 2019 The final proposal by the post-2016 Unity Reform Commission was rejected. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Deal Sealed on Federal Budget, Ensuring No Shutdown, Default

ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Jul 22, 2019 Nobody can claim a big win, but both sides view it as better than a protracted battle this fall. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why Is Barbara Lee Helping Fund Our Forever Wars?

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Apr 8, 2019 The California representative's prophetic words post-9/11 stand in stark contrast to her recent vote to boost military spending. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

House Progressives Introduce ‘People’s Budget’

By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jul 24, 2018 The Congressional Progressive Caucus' plan "invests in our neglected infrastructure, ends the systematic inequality in our tax system by making corporations pay their fair share, and stops the rising cost of drugs." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Beware the Democrats and Their Good Billionaires

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Jun 8, 2018 Outgoing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s political prospects may have dimmed, but his genre of bogus austere responsibility lives on in his party of choice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )