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400 Years After Slavery, No More Band-Aids
It’s time to heal the deep wounds of racism — not only to ensure equity for African Americans, but for our entire economy.
What It’s Like to Grow Up Hunted
When I was just 10, I already knew what it was like to plan for a future without my parents.
In Mass Shootings, Motive Matters
If we omit the El Paso shooter’s motive, we risk erasing the victims — minimizing them to footnotes in the coverage of yet another mass shooting.
Israel’s Ban on Tlaib and Omar Shows Netanyahu and Trump’s Contempt for Democracy
The episode may have laid the foundation for a deeper critique of the Trump-Netanyahu partnership, and of U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine.
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In Mass Shootings, Motive Matters
400 Years After Slavery, No More Band-Aids
What It's Like to Grow Up Hunted
Israel's Ban on Tlaib and Omar Shows Netanyahu and Trump's Contempt for Democracy
Trump’s Public Charge Rule Is an Attack on Legal Immigrants
Red States Cut Worker Pay By $1.5 Billion
‘Slowbalization’: Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?
Mass Shootings, Economic Inequality, and a Racist President
Reports and Resources
Tax Day 2019: Where Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2018
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
Book Release: Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man
September 3 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at 5th and K Busboys & PoetsCome hear from the writer himself about this blend of autobiographical and fictional elements telling the story of a first-generation Nigerian-American growing up in the US and get your signed copy.
Book Event: Living and Dying on the Factory Floor
September 10 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm at Institute for Policy StudiesDavid Ranney discusses his book, Living and Dying on the Factory Floor, which includes discussions on the nature of work; racism, race, and class; the use of immigration policy for social control; and our ability to create a just society.
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.
Save the Date: 43rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
October 3 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Carnegie InstitutionMark your calendars and get Early Bird tickets for the Institute for Policy Studies' 43rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Gala to lift up new champions of the human rights movement featuring special guest speakers and performances!
Book Event: Waging Peace in Vietnam
November 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at George Washington University, Elliott School of International AffairsA fitting Veteran's Day exhibit and book launch about "U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War", featuring Seymour Hersh, Susan Schnall and Jonathan Wesley Hutto.
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