Budget Matters Blog


Peace, Justice, and a People-Centered Budget in 2024 and Beyond

We’ve supported the ongoing fight for a federal budget that prioritizes people and the planet over power and profit. Next year and onward, we'll continue the fight.


Organizing and Mutual Aid are the Answers to a “Peace” Climate Summit that Was Anything But

Militarism and fossil fuel dependency are inextricably linked– yet world leaders ignored this reality when they gathered to hash out global climate goals at the so-called ‘peace’ COP. When world leaders drop the ball this badly, it’s up to us to lead the way forward. 


After COP29, Ten Ways to Get Involved for Global Climate Justice

The COP29 climate summit concluded over the weekend with a new global target for international climate finance. The U.S. must rebalance foreign aid priorities to fund life and the well-being of our planet, not war. We won't stop.


Take 7: The Pentagon Fails Another Audit

With big publicity around efforts to cut government spending, we’ll find out whether the incoming administration and Congress are willing to hold the Pentagon accountable. 


Hurricane Helene at the Nexus of Climate Crisis and U.S. Militarism

Last month, people across the southeastern U.S. lost their homes, communities, and lives to the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene. To protect our shared future, decarbonization and demilitarization must go hand-in-hand. 


2024 Climate Week Webinars: Divest from Militarism & Invest in Climate Justice

Colonial violence and militarism are at the root of global inequality, ecological devastation, and perpetual conflict that is driving the triple planetary crisis.


A New ‘Nuclear Era’– The Same Negligent Spending

The effort to produce plutonium pits is racking up to be a costly endeavor, straining an already military-heavy federal budget– for something we don’t need or want.  


The Costs of U.S. Militarization in the Philippines: Abuse of People and the Planet

The U.S. military is getting out of hand in fueling wars abroad–even the ones that haven’t begun.


Sonya Massey's Murder is a Reminder That Domestic and Foreign Violence Are Intertwined

Addressing police violence in our communities requires reckoning with America’s militarized foreign policy that leads to wars abroad and at home.


Defund the JSF Program, Refund Our Communities!

On the afternoon of March 28, 2024, an F35-B Lightning II fighter jet crashed into a hillside in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The nearly brand-new aircraft, demolished and ablaze, was previously worth roughly $109 million. Like many New Mexicans, the costly damage made me wonder, what else could that money have gone to?