Tag Archive for ‘pentagon spending’
Highlights: 2013 State of the Union
We hope you enjoyed the President’s State of the Union speech and that you joined our conversation on twitter and Facebook. If you missed the speech (maybe watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show – what an adorable winner) or want to review it again, please see the transcript here. Overall the agenda that the [...]
Curb the militarized economy
by Sharon Zimmerman, WAND Deputy Director Published: August 30, 2012 by The Worcester Telegram & Gazette Labor Day and school openings seem to go together. For me, it’s time for the social welfare policy course I teach at the Boston University School of Social Work each fall. Throughout the semester I will hear stories from [...]
WiLL President Sen. Nan Orrock in The Hill Congress Blog
Time to hold a magnifying glass to national security spending This Fourth of July, as we celebrate our nation’s independence, we need to think about what programs will do the most to guarantee our freedom and strength for years to come. Our nation‘s Pentagon budget has grown unchecked since 1998 at a cost of trillions [...]
Giving Thanks for U.S.’s Abundance
WAND Executive Director, Susan Shaer, recently wrote an op-ed that was picked up in multiple papers throughout the country. With the holidays approaching, it is a time of reflection and to be thankful for what we have in the United States. At the same time, the Occupy movement is bringing more attention to the divide [...]
Where to Find Deficit Reductions?
Cut Out Last-Century Defense Spending October 4, 2011 Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) has been working for thirty years to redirect excessive military spending to unmet human and environmental needs. Now as Washington takes aim at deficit reduction, lawmakers are targeting vital programs that sustain America. What is not being scrutinized for spending [...]
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