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About 100 Million Americans Are Effectively Hidden by Official Poverty Statistics
Millions of us are living in poverty — we need investments to raise the standard of living.
Scientists Shouldn’t Listen to the Fossil Fuel Industry. Geoengineering is a Scam.
Oil and gas companies aren’t only polluting our air, water, and soil. They’ve injected themselves into our education system as well.
The Perils of Billionaire Philanthropy
The ultra-rich are using philanthropic vehicles to shield their wealth—it’s time Congress acted.
The Threat of Bolton Has Receded — But Not the Threat of War
Bolton’s bellicose worldview is the basic operating system of the Trump administration.
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Scientists Shouldn’t Listen to the Fossil Fuel Industry. Geoengineering is a Scam.
About 100 Million Americans Are Effectively Hidden by Official Poverty Statistics
The Threat of Bolton Has Receded — But Not the Threat of War
What the Felicity Huffman Scandal Says About America
Immigration Is a Climate Issue
John Bolton Ousted As National Security Advisor
Concentrated Wealth Kills
Government Secrecy Is More Damaging to Public Health Than Nuclear Fallout
Reports and Resources
Tax Day 2019: Where Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2018
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
Building a Peace Economy – Shrink the Pentagon for People and Planet
September 21 @ 10:00 am - 3:30 pm at Greater Lansing AreaShrink the Pentagon for People and Planet”
Sheridan Circle Memorial Service 2019
September 22 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Sheridan CirclePlease join us to remember Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, who were assassinated on this site in 1976 by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship.
Chuck Collins Keynote Talk “Wealthy Come Home”
September 25 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Misericordia University, Insalaco Hall, Rooms 218 & 219All are welcome to join Chuck for his Keynote Talk on the Ethics of Economic Inequality, with an invitation for “those of us who hold and control wealth to… come home,” part of the University’s Mercy Heritage Celebration Week.
What went wrong? The Unexpected Downturn in Korea-Japan Relations
September 26 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm at Institute for Policy StudiesA seminar on the deeper causes of the conflict and whether there is hope for building a new consensus between these two countries, and in the region.
Restoring Progressive Taxation and Bringing Wealth Home
September 26 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm at Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference RoomChuck Collins from IPS will speak about inequality the root causes of inequalities of wealth and power across our society and public policies that would effectively reverse the four decades of inequality.
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