| Mar 26, 2012 | Environment / Health|Peace / SecurityThe U.S. military is going green. Don’t take it from me. “[T]he Department of Defense…the world’s largest consumer of energy, will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history,” President Barack Obama declared in this...
| Mar 19, 2012 | Peace / SecurityDuring a recent city council meeting, the mayor of Keene, New Hampshire leaned over to a council member and whispered excitedly: “We’re going to have our own tank.” Yes, the tank (or, more specifically, the “armored personnel vehicle”) is...
| Mar 5, 2012 | Peace / SecurityThe Iraq War was a disaster, so the United States needs a new foreign policy. Instead of invading foreign countries with tens of thousands of troops and trying to occupy and control the political process, President Barack Obama has embraced a new foreign military...
| Feb 29, 2012 | Peace / SecurityIn Washington, senators and Pentagon officials are saying the sky will fall if we cut one more cent from the military budget. But a very different message is building in the heartland. Cleveland’s city council called on Congress last week to reconsider our...
| Feb 6, 2012 | Peace / SecuritySome Americans want to starve our cities, close our schools, and knock away the ladder that our children are supposed to climb to economic security. Your lawmakers may be among them. The White House plans to release its proposed 2013 budget on Feb. 13. A free-for-all...
