Report: High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet
In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.
Climate and Militarism Converges at Power Shift 2023
I co-lead a session at Power Shift 2023, during which we strategized how to untangle the links between militarism and the climate crisis.
REPORT: Sending Arms or Twisting Arms: The U.S. Role in the Ukraine War
This backgrounder explores the causes of the war in Ukraine and the actions of different actors in the conflict to date.
‘I Don’t Mind the Work’: An IPS Tribute to Harry Belafonte
IPS experts remember their time with the legendary activist, entertainer, and IPS board member.
The War Will Further Militarize the U.S. Economy
Support for Ukraine doesn’t mean grossly inflating the military budget.
The Persistent Allure of Military Coups
Sudan is in yet another civil war. Can it put military rule behind it once and for all?
We Must Not Dance, Harry Belafonte Understood, to a Billionaire Beat
This epochal artist helped us see that justice for all requires a just distribution of wealth.
Seriously Auditing the Rich Makes Sense. Seriously Taxing the Rich Can Save Us.
Our tax code ought to give every American a full “cost of living” exemption from high tax and impose higher marginal tax rates on income above that cost-of-living benchmark.
Jerry Mander, Paradigm Warrior
One of the great intellectual and strategic leaders of the global economic justice movement, Jerry Mander, died this week. His charge to us: don’t give up because you lost the first round. Educate movements and the public to fight back.
Tax Day 2023: Where Your 2022 Tax Dollars Went
IPS’s National Priorities Project takes a look at where American taxpayers’ money went in 2022, and how skewed our national priorities are.
To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care
If billionaires and corporations pay their share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care.
The Internship that Helped Shape My Career
It’s hard to overstate how the Next Leaders program impacted me – and others here at IPS and beyond who all got our start as interns or Fellows.
Donor-Advised Funds Now Take in a Fifth of Individual Charitable Giving
A set of our hot takes from the National Philanthropic Trust’s latest report on DAFs.
Baseball’s Owners Have Made Ball Games Shorter — and Maybe Fans’ Lives, Too
These billionaires seem to care more about their bottom lines than fan safety.
A Parents Bill of Rights for the Rest of Us
The book bans, censorship, and attacks on LGBTQ kids that the GOP calls “parents rights” are way out of step with American families.
We Can’t Let Oak Flat Get Sold to Mining Companies
The opening up of Arizona’s Oak Flat to copper mining would wipe out generations of Apache religion, culture and wisdom.
Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand to Colombia to pull it out of its economic hole?
Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf League Is ‘Sportswashing’ At Its Worst
Saudi Arabia — in the news for cutting oil production and pushing up the price of gas — is also making headlines for perhaps a more unusual reason: golf.
Introducing the Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act
A new GOP bill, formally entitled the ’Death Tax Repeal Act,’ would enable our super-rich to avoid both income and estate tax on their investment gains.
In New York, the Wrong Workers Get the Biggest Pay Bumps
Last year’s Wall Street bonus pool was large enough to raise New York City’s minimum wage to $21.25 — with $24 billion left over.
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