December 27, 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek
“Direct federal spending on the war through 2012 will reach $823 billion, surpassing the $738 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars the U.S. spent on the Vietnam War”
August 2, 2022 News Nation
NewsNation cited Costs of War in a segment on the costs of war in Afghanistan. It appeared on several local news stations in Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, and Montana.
August 22, 2017 NBC News
NBC News cites the Costs of War Project in tallying the total budgetary costs to the U.S. of the war in Afghanistan: $783 billion through fiscal year 2016, and $1.8 trillion when factoring in long term spending.
March 13, 2018 The Hill
On the 15th anniversary of the war in Iraq, Costs of War contributor William Hartung uses Costs of War Project figures in weighing the budgetary and human costs of the war.
July 18, 2022 The Independent
A piece in The Independent (Newfoundland, Canada) on food insecurity and the war in Ukraine cites Costs of War on the military’s carbon emissions.
August 20, 2024 The Filipino Chronicle
The Filipino Chronicle cited Costs of War on the human costs of war.
September 11, 2018 The Fiscal Times
The Costs of War Project's estimate of $5.6 trillion is placed into comparison with other recent estimates of war spending since 9/11, including Department of Defense data that puts the cost at more than $1.5 trillion.
April 25, 2024 Financial Times
Financial Times cited Costs of War on the untransparent process around war funding.
November 9, 2018 Common Dreams
This article gives a summary of the Costs of War Project's lastest report on the human costs of the war on terror.
November 14, 2018 Business Insider
This article describes the Costs of War Project's release of its annual figure on the costs of the war on terror, describing why this figure, $5.9 trillion, is larger than the Pentagon's estimates.
September 11, 2022 Truthout
Costs of War was cited in Truthout on the war on terror’s impact on Africa.
November 18, 2018 NPR
Lulu Garcia Navarro interviews Co-Director Neta Crawford on the Cost of War Project's annual estimate of the cost of the war on terror.
January 7, 2020 Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com cites Costs of War research on the human costs of post-9/11 wars in an argument against going to war with Iran.
June 24, 2019 Foreign Affairs
Bernie Sanders draws on Costs of War Project data in making a powerful case against war with Iran. "We have to view the terrorism threat through the proper scope, rather than allowing it to dominate our view of the world."
July 26, 2019 Vox
The Costs of War Project has shown the devastating health effects resulting from conflict-related environmental pollution in Iraq, says Vox article discussing a proposed plan to hold governments responsible for environmental damage in war zones.
November 8, 2019 The Brown Daily Herald
The Brown Daily Herald discusses Costs of War's "20 Years of War" research series.
December 9, 2019 The Washington Post
An investigation by The Washington Post found that US officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan, where the US has spent or appropriated between $934 billion and $978 billion, according to an estimate from the Costs of War Project.
November 18, 2022 Orange County Register
Costs of War was cited in a piece in the Orange County Register about Adam Schiff’s vote for the Iraq war being disqualifying.
December 10, 2019 The Takeaway
The Takeaway discusses the Washington Post investigation of the war in Afghanistan and speaks with Neta C. Crawford, co-director of the Costs of War Project.
October 1, 2022 US Peace Memorial Foundation
Costs of War is honored to receive the US Peace Memorial Foundation's US Peace Prize for crucial research to shed light on the human, environmental, economic, social and political costs of U.S. wars. This prize is a testament to the tireless hard work and creative vision of many people, from the scholars who share their findings with the public to the many people who build Costs of War’s impact from behind the scenes; all of us share a passion for working against militarism.