Global Trade at Gunpoint
Military Budget Hike for 2023 is 3,200 Times the NLRB Increase
If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
The Pentagon Is Protecting and Funding the Same Gun Makers Democrats Want to Regulate
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The Pentagon Is Protecting and Funding the Same Gun Makers Democrats Want to Regulate
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Biden Is Using the Ukraine Crisis to Justify Dangerous Investments in Nuclear Weapons
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The Existential Danger of Using the Ukraine Invasion to Ramp Up Fossil Fuel Production
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Biden’s Plan to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets Set to Cause Untold Suffering
Humanitarians — including those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks of 2001 — responded with condemnation Friday after it was reported that President Joe Biden has decided to permanently seize $7 billion of currently frozen Afghan assets even…
Imagine If We Had Spent the Last 20 Years Fighting Climate Change Instead of the War on Terror
Twenty years into a nebulous “War on Terror,” the United States is in the grips of a full-fledged climate crisis. Hurricane Ida, whose severity is a direct result of human-made climate change, flooded cities,…
Don’t Tax Carbon—Just Stop Digging It Up
Owen argues that a carbon tax and dividend could cut carbon emissions while contributing to the general welfare, but the model is deeply flawed. Indeed, any carbon tax—whether the revenue…
