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When It Comes to Sustainability, Amazon Delivers… Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Amazon profits from helping oil and gas companies destroy the planet more frugally. Jeff Bezos’ $10 billion climate fund must be viewed in this context.
Making America Unsafe Again
Whether Russian hackers, viruses, or unscrupulous investors, the Trump administration has made it much easier for foreign agents to destabilize the U.S.
Student Debt Relief Is Good Politics — and Good Policy
Investing in student debt relief would have a democratizing effect for young people and median earners, while also boosting the economy.
Facing a Global Coronavirus Pandemic, Trump Keeps Militarizing America
As fears of a coronavirus pandemic grow, the exact agencies best suited to protect Americans from disease outbreaks are starving for funds.
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Facing a Global Coronavirus Pandemic, Trump Keeps Militarizing America
When It Comes to Sustainability, Amazon Delivers… Greenhouse Gas Emissions
To Reduce Inequality in the Election Process, All States Should Allow Voting At Home
Student Debt Relief Is Good Politics — and Good Policy
Making America Unsafe Again
Anti-Defamation League Report on White Supremacy Ignores Trump’s Role in Racism
The US Would Be Better off With Fewer Billionaires
What Billionaires Really Love About Hard Work: Talking About It.
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A Particular Kind of Black Man: Author Talk
February 29 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Mount Pleasant Neighborhood LibraryNigerian-American DC-based Prize-Winning Writer, Tope Folarin will talk about his novel and its background in his own experience.
Film: The Lobby: USA
March 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm at Busboys & Poets – 14th & VExcerpts of the 2018 al Jazeera documentary film that never aired due to extraordinary political pressure, followed by a panel that will include James Kleinfeld, who went undercover working on the film, and Phyllis Bennis, director of IPS's New Internationalism Project.
Book Event: The Young Lords: A Radical History
March 3 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Busboys & Poets (5th & K)Join us for a talk and book signing with author Johanna Fernández about the rise and fall of the street gang turned political organization, that led predominantly poor and working-class Puerto Rican youth to confront race, class inequality, and US foreign policy.
State of Black Workers in America Conference
March 11 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at Morehouse College, S. Massey Conference CenterHighlighting some of the most innovative and best organizing being led by Black workers in the US.
Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020
March 26 @ 8:00 am - March 28 @ 5:00 pmJoin one of IPS’s closest allies, Split This Rock, for a three-day festival to invoke poetry for liberation and against repressive forces that would have us divided.
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