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Trump’s Complaints About NATO Defense Spending Don’t Add Up
If Trump’s concern is spreading the burden of security, why does he want the U.S. to ramp up its military spending?
New Mexico’s Drought is a Climate Crisis
And while climate change affects everyone, majority-Native counties are disproportionately affected.
Five Powerful Families
We’ve reached the point where a handful of extraordinarily wealthy clans essentially have the power to suffocate our democracy.
Why I Got Arrested This Summer (And You Should, Too)
With 43 percent of Americans in or near poverty, most of us know there’s something deeply wrong with our democracy. Will we stand up for it?
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This Hurricane Season, Puerto Ricans Are Imagining a Sustainable Future
Trump’s Massive Funding Cut Plunges UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Into Crisis
Trump Pursues ‘Peace Plan’ to Break off Gaza, Without Input from Palestinians
The Trump-Putin Summit Could Have Huge Implications on Syria. Will it?
Trump’s War On the Poor Has Just Begun
Given What the U.S. Has Done to the World, It Should Be Letting All Refugees In
We Can Pay For Free College The Same Way We Paid For A Pointless $5.6 Trillion War
Brett Kavanaugh Would Be A Disaster On Climate
Reports
Report: CEO-Worker Pay Ratios in the Banking Industry
Report: How Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2017
Report: The Poor People's Campaign, 50 Years Later
Author Events: The Case for a Maximum Wage
July 17 @ 6:30 pm - August 14 @ 5:00 pm at Various Venues Around Washington DCDeep digging discussions and book signing with IPS analyst Sam Pizzigati about his book on how egalitarians worldwide are demonstrating that fair income ratios between rich and poor could be both economically viable and politically practical.
Palestinian Self-Representation and Why It Matters
July 21 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm at Love + Solidarity CollectiveA Jewish Voice for Peace DC fundraiser for the DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival, delving into the importance and the power dynamics inherent in storytelling.
Donor Appreciation Reception
July 26 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm at Institute for Policy StudiesJoin us for drinks and light fare as we celebrate those that make our work possible!
Film: COINTELPRO 101
August 2 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Institute for Policy StudiesJoin us for a viewing of the documentary the history exposing the FBI's strategy to prevent movements and communities from overturning white supremacy and creating racial justice through illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
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