today in black history

January 06, 2026

In 1989 Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduced a resolution calling for reparations to compensate African-Americans for slavery.

Budget Busters

By NorthStar News Staff

POSTED: March 23, 2011, 12:00 am

  • POST
    • Add to Mixx!
  • SEND TO FRIEND
  • Text Size
  • TEXT SIZE
  • CLEARPRINT
  • PDF

As Congress argues over cuts in domestic spending, we call attention to excessive spending on military weaponry. Today's budget buster is the Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Each missile costs close to $1.2 million and the total Tomahawk program cost is $11 billion.

Related References

Designed by 6Sixty Group   |   Powered by Byte Studios Milwaukee Web Design