Taylor Barnes is an Atlanta-based journalist who covers military affairs and the defense industry. Her work has appeared in The Intercept, Southerly, Responsible Statecraft, In These Times, Scalawag, CNN, and elsewhere.
July 21, 2021 -
A grassroots movement in the Asheville, North Carolina, area is protesting a package of what our first-of-its-kind tally puts at nearly $100 million in local subsidies and handouts to defense contractor and Raytheon division Pratt & Whitney — and calling instead for investment in renewable energy.
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