National Priorities Project

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United States, Massachusetts, Northampton

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1983

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Jul 2, 2024	Letters to the Editor \| Letters to the editor: Weapons spending has not brought security; keep Iris four lanes; shame on CU and Rick George	Spending on weapons has not brought us security The budget disparities between military contractors and domestic spending that Ms. Koshgarian outlined are shocking (“Opinion: Lindsay Koshgarian: Last year, you spent more than a month’s rent...
Jun 22, 2024	Commentary \| Opinion: Lindsay Koshgarian: Last year, you spent more than a month’s rent on Pentagon contractors	1. Pentagon contractors ($1,759) vs. the Child Tax Credit ($110). In 2024, the Pentagon budget is set to increase by $27 billion, bringing the department’s budget to about $825 billion. About half of that will go to for-profit contractors. ...
Dec 1, 2023	Commentary \| Opinion: Lindsay Kosgharian: The Pentagon just can’t pass an audit	By Lindsay Kosgharian The Pentagon just failed its audit — again. For the sixth time in a row, the agency that accounts for half the money Congress approves each year can’t figure out what it did with all that money. For a brief recap, the ...
Sep 24, 2023	Commentary \| Guest opinion: Lindsay Koshgarian and Alliyah Lusuegro: Climate is the fight of our lifetime. Our federal budget should reflect that.	By Lindsay Koshgarian and Alliyah Lusuegro As the hottest summer in human history approached its end, tens of thousands of climate marchers rallied in New York to call for bold climate solutions. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington lurched t...
Aug 18, 2023	Commentary \| Guest opinion: Jyotsna Naidu: Democracy needs healthy debates about war and peace	By Jyotsna Naidu If there’s one thing that should be subject to rigorous debate and the will of the people, it’s decisions about war and peace. Unfortunately, that’s not what we got with the huge military policy bill recently passed by the ...
Mar 17, 2023	Commentary Commentary \| Guest opinion: Karen Dolan: Biden’s budget would level the playing field and reduce the deficit	By Karen Dolan How can we measure what our leaders value? One way is to look at their budgets. On March 9, President Biden rolled out a budget proposal that he’ll ask Congress to consider. Presidential budget proposals seldom pass in the fo...
Nov 27, 2021	The Democrats need to stop acting scared, stop scaling back the Build Back Better, and pass the bill right now	Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accompanied by House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer D-MD, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 Jose Luis Magana/...
Aug 22, 2019	How would a Sanders Administration reach 100% renewables in electricity and transport?	The ambition represented by clean energy targets being set by state and federal policymakers has increased dramatically over the last two decades. While the first wave of renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies focused on getting states...
Jul 24, 2019	Eisenhower's worst nightmare: Pentagon merger-mania is back	Isaac Brekken/Getty Images Redeem now A looming merger between Raytheon and United Technologies is poised to produce another defense industry giant. Such mergers are common, but the influence of those firms and the primacy of the Pentagon i...
Nov 2, 2016	How Your Vote Could Be Worth $664,000*	Is it worth your time to vote? You might be surprised to learn that your vote may be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. This goes against our intuitive assumptions. Indeed, many claim that voting is an irrational act because the chance...
Feb 18, 2016	Rosie Williams – Founder of OpenAus	Website Twitter Contact via Email Take the OpenAus Survey We’re proud to feature this interview with Rosie Williams, founder of OpenAus, who is doing some excellent work advocating for open data and transparency, while collating and present...
Mar 19, 2015	The CIA Just Declassified the Document That Supposedly Justified the Iraq Invasion	Thirteen years ago, the intelligence community concluded in a 93-page classified document used to justify the invasion of Iraq that it lacked "specific information" on "many key aspects" of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein...
Sep 12, 2014	After 9/11, US taxpayers shell out $10.5mn every hour to fund war against terror	The 13th anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack on American soil, which changed the global paradigm of terrorism, is on Thursday. George Bush, the then US president, had said that the United States will use all its resources to conquer...

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When was National Priorities Project founded?

National Priorities Project was founded in 1983.

What has the press written about National Priorities Project?

Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning National Priorities Project, among them “Letters to the Editor | Letters to the editor: Weapons spending has not brought security; keep Iris four lanes; shame on CU and Rick George” (Jul 2, 2024) and “Commentary | Opinion: Lindsay Koshgarian: Last year, you spent more than a month’s rent on Pentagon contractors” (Jun 22, 2024).

Is National Priorities Project still active?

Yes, National Priorities Project is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 22, 2024.