Defense Spending

How have the politics and statistics Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) used in his 1999 song “Mathematics” changed in the 15 years since the song's release?

After two years of uproar over mostly phantom cuts, 2015 isn't likely to bring austerity to the Pentagon either.

William Hartung: Those who fight the wars will face cuts, but not high-ranking military personnel or the companies that build weapons.

We wonder how the conversation went when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called six Air Force nuclear launch officers at underground launch control centers recently. u2026

So, we have eleven aircraft carrier groups. No other country in the world has more than one.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders proposes restoring money in the budget for military pensions by using war funding, and giving us a true cost of war at the same time.

China is content to let the United States spend itself into military-induced bankruptcy as the Soviets did.

A social justice coalition called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass a budget resolution that re-directs military spending to domestic needs.

Present and former senior police officials have joined the ranks of those revolving between lucrative corporate jobs and government service.

Lighting strikes, dogs, football, bathtubs and the flu all cause more American deaths annually than domestic terrorism.