February 24, 2026 🛑DHS Shutdown Enters Week Two, Confusion Remains on TSA Impacts The partial government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has entered Day 10 after Do...

February 17, 2026 🛑Partial Government Shutdown over DHS Funding to Continue A partial government shutdown began Saturday, with Congress scheduled to be out of Washington until Feb. 23, as Democrats an...

February 9, 2026 🏫“Operation Metro Surge” Continues Despite Reduction in Agents - Minnesota School Districts Sue Feds to Block ICE Activity Near Schools On February 4th, White House border czar, Tom H...

Following is a guest essay from Yumna Zahid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan. Before October 7 The insistence that the war began on October 7, 2023, is not a neutral act of historical framing; it is a narrowing...

The Peace Economy Project is honored to announce that Gabe Gore, St. Louis Circuit Attorney, will speak at our Valentine’s Day Vigil Against Gun Violence on Saturday, February 14, in St. Louis. This a...

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The Peace Economy Project is deeply concerned by reports that the Trump administration may be preparing to deploy active-duty military forces into U.S. cities under the Insurrection Act. The Insurrect...

At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025, and four more have already died in ICE custody this year.

New reports reveal a CIA drone strike in Venezuela. We break down what’s known, what’s unclear, and why it raises concerns about oversight and militarization.

Welcome to the Domestic Militarization Watch The Domestic Militarization Watch (DMW) is an initiative of the Peace Economy Project (PEP) dedicated to monitoring how military practices, spending, and i...

Welcome to the Domestic Militarization Watch The Domestic Militarization Watch (DMW) is an initiative of the Peace Economy Project (PEP) dedicated to monitoring how military practices, spending, and i...

This Valentine's Day, Peace Economy Project invites you to gather in love, remembrance, and collective action at our Valentine's Vigil Against Gun Violence.

How do the wounds of imperial violence live on in the mind and body?

Pass the West Bank Violence Prevention Act (H.R. 3045 / S. 2667) Your voice can help save lives. A devastating rise in extremist settler violence is sweeping through Palestinian communities in the Wes...

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On October 30, former President Donald Trump directed the U.S. military to restart nuclear weapons testing after more than 30 years of restraint.

In Charlotte, NC, Trump's anti-immigration crackdown sparked outrage as Border Patrol and ICE agents targeted Latino communities. Local residents fought back, filming agents, handing out whistles, and...

Part 1 - The Architecture of Dehumanization

​What neighborhoods need are affordable housing, accessible healthcare, well-funded schools, and good jobs—not Humvees on their corners.

The sobering reality is that nuclear danger has not gone away. Regional deterrence relationships are being tested by border tensions and military modernisation of adversaries.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press as a cornerstone of democracy — yet, the Pentagon’s new rules for journalists threaten to dismantle that foundation piece by piece. Last week, dozen...

The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two months, conducting training missions off the coast of Venezuela, reopening a...

Data contradicts the official narrative, raising troubling questions about the motivations driving the militarization of Black communities.

As the planet reaches its first climate tipping point—the mass death of coral reefs—scientists warn that humanity has entered a “new reality.” Yet one of the largest and most underreported drivers of ...

The United States has provided at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.

The Department of Defense—recently rebranded by the Trump administration as the Department of War—has announced it will reduce mandatory cybersecurity training across the military. Defense Secretary P...

OPINION — “The [Defense] Department [DoD] will continue to defend the nation and conduct ongoing military operations. It will continue activities funded with any available budgetary resources that hav...

Pritzker said Sunday night the Illinois National Guard was informed members of the Texas National Guard would soon be deployed to Illinois, in addition to Trump's federalization of the Illinois Nation...