Behind the Pentagon’s Epic Waste

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/pentagon/#article/part2

Spending on Drug Control has Grown Tenfold While Addiction Rates Remain the Same

http://daughternumberthree.blogspot.com/2012/10/two-graphs.html

California Has a Budget Surplus

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/26/california-governor-without-republicans-to-obstruct-him-creates-budget-surplus/

I think this is amazing.  It IS possible to have a balanced budget!

The Rich Have Gained $56 Trillion While the Rest Have Lost $669 Billion

http://www.alternet.org/economy/rich-have-gained-56-trillion-recovery-while-rest-us-have-lost-669-billion?page=0%2C0

Cancer Physicians Attack High Drug Costs

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/cancer-physicians-attack-high-drug-costs.html?_r=0

Grad Student Who Shook Global Austerity by Discovering Bad Data

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/grad-student-who-shook-global-austerity-movement.html

More articles on the topic:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/reinhart-rogoff-austerity_n_3201453.html

Don’t Cut Social Security

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/dont-cut-social-security/274868/