The liberal appropriation of the term “revolution” to describe everything from the events in Libya and Syria to the Green movement in Iran not only distorts social reality but also advances a dangerous narrative.
The pace of events exploding across the Middle East continues to quicken – and while it appears the Obama administration has no clear strategy for some of it, the fall-back position of the U.S. continues to make those developments even more dangerous.
Hopefully, this is the dawn of a new day, when public financing of coal mines and power plants around the world is no longer acceptable. After 16 years of persistent pressure from IPS and other groups, our government seems to finally be listening.
Marc Morial, Donald Kaul, and Terrance Heath weigh in on the acquittal of George Zimmerman — the man who killed Trayvon Martin.
Inequality is behind the nation’s dismal life expectancy rates.
FPIF has always been at the forefront of foreign policy analysis in the 21st century — now it finally has a website that looks the part.
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales — no place to land.
A weekly roundup of what IPS personalities are talking about.
Experts will discuss the military budget, job creation, and rebalancing our national security in an interactive dialog that will be broadcast across the country.
You know things are bad when the Summer White House can’t afford to stay open on the Fourth of July.
We’re highlighting the debate over the Obama administration’s nuclear weapons policy.
The market has stopped working for working people.
How can the United States afford to keep proving that it’s bad at bringing peace to conflict-ridden Middle Eastern countries?
Au pairs may get an experience they didn’t bargain for when they head for a stint in the United States.
The Institute for Policy Studies will join a coalition of groups which are coming together for a march and rally to thank to the Latin American countries that have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, protest NSA’s surveillance of Americans and foreigners, and protest the Justice Department’s campaign to prevent Snowden from being granted asylum.