Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."
Dharna Noor - Gizmodo
The U.S. and China are the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas polluters, together constituting some 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. On Sunday, leaders from the two countries announced that they’re willing to work together to enact urgent climate policy.
Lindsay Koshgarian - MarketWatch
An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
Bryan Bender - Politico
Rein in the military’s “unfunded requirements lists,” a left-right coalition of advocacy groups is urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
- Rising Up With Sonali
FEATURING LINDSAY KOSHGARIAN – President Joe Biden is moving full steam ahead with a political agenda that has split the difference between his ambitious campaign platform and his centrist Democratic Party roots. Promoting an ambitious $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan, the President is facing stiff opposition from the GOP and ...
Marci Winograd - Santa Barbara Independent
We spend trillions of dollars on endless wars, nuclear weapons and some 800 overseas U.S. bases — none of which defend us against climate disruption, against flash flooding in Montecito or wildfires in Santa Barbara.
Al Mytty - Villages-News
In our 11th Congressional District, taxpayers will contribute more than $946 million towards the military budget in 2021. Does that money make us any more secure?
Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Rejecting President Joe Biden's call for a $753 billion military budget as a non-starter, a diverse coalition of dozens of progressive advocacy groups on Friday demanded that Biden and Congress work to reduce funding for the Pentagon in favor of increased spending on programs that improve social well-being.
Osita Nwanevu - The New Republic
It’s not clear that the president even has a plan to pass the kind of legislation that would earn him comparisons to FDR.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout
Is President Biden’s $2.3 trillion jobs plan too big? Conservatives are arguing that the package is too expensive and its broad reach is unnecessary.
