November 2011 Blog Archives


What would the next generation do with $1 trillion?

It seems that these days, everyone has an opinion about how our federal budget should be spent, cut or balanced.     Youth are disproportionately affected by budget cuts, but often don't have a voice in the debate -- until now.   The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project ...

Updated Data: Population

We've updated our state and county population numbers to reflect the recent 2000-2010 intercensal estimates published by the Census Bureau.


Thanks, EPI, for adding some sense to the world

This week the Economic Policy Institute celebrates its 25th anniversary. We at National Priorities Project want to thank EPI for a quarter century of service, and for things like this chart, from the recent EPI report on income inequality: This chart is a unique- and telling- way of examining the ...