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A Father’s Day Gift for Myself: Activism
My two-year old child will be the age I am now when the climate catastrophe comes, and that realization is taking a toll.
Racism is a Public Health Crisis
Milwaukee just declared racism a public health crisis. This novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities.
Democracy Desperately Needs a Reboot
Democracy faces a global crisis. And this crisis couldn’t be coming at a worse time.
Trump’s War on Science is Grounds to Impeach
Trump’s latest impeachable offense? His administration intends to actively interfere in climate research by federal scientists.
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A Father's Day Gift for Myself: Activism
Democracy Desperately Needs a Reboot
Trump's War on Science is Grounds to Impeach
How Fair Housing Laws Can Advance Environmental Justice and Racial Equity
Trump's Tariffs on Mexico and Who They'll Harm
How Wealthy Have Our Super Wealthy Become?
Trump Targets Cuba’s Tourism and Small Businesses
The Misadventures of ‘Tariff Man’
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Tax Day 2019: Where Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2018
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
Wall Street Bonuses and Gender and Race Pay Gaps
Extraction Casino Report Presentations
June 12 @ 4:00 pm - June 17 @ 8:30 pmPresentations in both Mexico City and Ottawa Canada of the report on "Mining companies gambling with Latin American lives and sovereignty through supranational arbitration."
Book Release: Noura Erakat’s Justice for Some
June 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at 5th and K Busboys & PoetsIPS honors World Refugee Day with a reception and book signing for our board member Noura Eraka and her newly published book on "Law and the Question of Palestine."
Celebration of Life for Kitty Tucker
June 22 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm at Takoma Park Community CenterJoin IPS to celebrate, share and remember one of our own --wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and activist.
Taxing the (Very) Rich: Finding the Cure for Excessive Wealth Disorder
June 25 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at The Mayflower HotelA conference about the agenda geared towards combating inequality and raising living standards for the vast majority.
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