Nearly two-thirds of the federal discretionary budget goes to militarized federal programs, leaving just over a third for our communities — a sliver some lawmakers want to cut even further.

Our tax code helps CEOs retire in luxury while ordinary workers struggle. Here's how to fix it.

In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.

This backgrounder explores the causes of the war in Ukraine and the actions of different actors in the conflict to date.

IPS's National Priorities Project takes a look at where American taxpayers' money went in 2022, and how skewed our national priorities are.

Since 2008, the average Wall Street bonus has climbed by more than 75 percent, compared to just a 54 percent increase in average earnings of all private sector workers and a 42 percent rise in manufacturing wages. If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $42.37 today.