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#pentagon budget
  • Democracy & Government
    The Pentagon, First, Last, and Always
    March 2, 2021
    | Mandy Smithberger

    Focusing on the wrong threats, including a new Cold War with China, is the last thing we can afford now.

  • War & Peace
    Demilitarizing Our Democracy
    January 28, 2021
    | William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
    How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a "Civilian" Government
  • War & Peace
    The Hidden Costs of 'National Security'
    July 26, 2017
    | William D. Hartung
    Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war — past, present and future.
  • War & Peace
    The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker
    May 10, 2017
    | William D. Hartung
    Never has a society spent more for less.
  • Media
    The 'Times' Still Pulls Its Punches
    March 28, 2017
    | Todd Gitlin
    Why is the leadership of the “opposition party” still mincing words?
  • War & Peace
    The President Who Loved Generals
    March 14, 2017
    | William D. Hartung
    President Trump has assembled the most military-heavy foreign policy team in memory, if not in American history.
  • War & Peace
    Keeping Track of US Special Ops in Africa
    September 7, 2016
    | Nick Turse
    The number of elite forces deployed in Africa has been steadily on the rise since 2006, with America's most secretive and least-scrutinized troops used to deepen ties with African partners.
  • War & Peace
    GOP Congress Plays Pentagon Budget Games
    June 9, 2016
    | Mike Lofgren
    Despite a nearly $600 billion military budget, congressional Republicans are demanding more money for the Pentagon while refusing to either cut the Army band or pass emergency funds to fight the Zika virus.
  • Media
    Who’s Paying the Pro-War Pundits?
    September 17, 2014
    | Lee Fang
    Talking heads like former General Jack Keane are all over the news media fanning fears of ISIS. Shouldn’t the public know about their links to Pentagon contractors?
  • Morning Reads: Corporate Spooks Online; Religious Right Wants Special Citizenship
    February 25, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ.


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