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Congressmembers Express Regret for U.S. Support of Pinochet Dictatorship as Chilean President Arrives in Washington
President Boric will reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup at the site of the assassination of two Institute for Policy Studies colleagues in 1976.
A Telling Tale of Two Press Lords
Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea.
Our Political System Is Failing Our Planet. Climate Marchers Show There’s Another Way.
We need a fundamental political, economic, and social transformation to take on the climate crisis with true urgency.
Poverty Made an Alarming Jump. Congress Should Have Stopped It.
It’s time for policymakers to listen to American workers and families instead of billionaires and corporate bosses.
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Our Political System Is Failing Our Planet. Climate Marchers Show There’s Another Way.
A Telling Tale of Two Press Lords
Congressmembers Express Regret for U.S. Support of Pinochet Dictatorship as Chilean President Arrives in Washington
More Butterflies, Fewer Billionaires: Unrigging the Global Economy
Poverty Made an Alarming Jump. Congress Should Have Stopped It.
Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War
America’s Auto Workers: On Strike Against Inequality. Again.
It Isn't Nice, But Climate Activists Will Block the Doorways
Reports and Resources
REPORT: Executive Excess 2023
REPORT: Still A Dream: Over 500 Years to Black Economic Equality
REPORT: The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare
REPORT: A Tale of Two Retirements 2023
Report: High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet
REPORT: Sending Arms or Twisting Arms: The U.S. Role in the Ukraine War
Todas Las Manos: Commemorating 50 Years Since the Military Coup in Chile
September 9 @ 10:00 am - October 22 @ 5:00 pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial LibraryExhibition of a five-part mural installation created by Francisco Letelier and artists from the Latin American Youth Center, celebrating the pursuit of human rights and global justice and commemorating the 1976 assassination in Washington of former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier (the artist's f...
Inside Biden’s Cuba Policy: Film Screening
October 5 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at Institute for Policy StudiesAn opportunity for audiences to learn more about the forces shaping the United States’ ongoing economic war against Cuba that includes a Q&A with Cuban Journalist Liz Oliva Fernandez.
Confronting Authoritarianism in Latin America: A Conversation with leading Human Rights Lawyers in El Salvador
October 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm at Washington College of Law, Ceremonial Classroom, NT01A Fireside Chat, moderated by AU Washington College of Law professor Robert K Goldman.
47th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
October 12 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm at Friends Meeting of Washington, DCPlease join us at the 47th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards as IPS honors two outstanding champions of human rights and celebrates the work we do along with our allies to advance justice, peace, and dignity for all.
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