Archive: Press Releases
New Report: Frist Family Pandemic Fortunes
Pandemic doubles wealth of private, for-profit hospital billionaire Thomas F. Frist Jr.’s family to $15.6 billion.
Through 11 Months of National Pandemic Misery, U.S. Billionaires Have Grown $1.3 Trillion Richer
664 Richest Americans Now Worth a Collective $4.2 Trillion, Up 44 Percent Since COVID Shutdowns Began in March 2020
U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surpasses $1.1 Trillion Gain Since Mid-March
Ten months into the COVID-19 crisis, 660 billionaires see their wealth rise 40 percent.
Alarming New Report Exposes Dangerous Link Between Fossil-Fueled Politicians and Anti-Protest Laws
Muzzling Dissent exposes the money trail linking corporate lobbyists, elected officials, and anti-protest laws.
Advisory: 80 Experts Agree Green New Deal, Youth Climate Movement Keys to Defeating the Global Far-Right
Join a press call with international experts on the prospects for rolling back far-right movements in 2020.
New Report Calls for Transformation of International Trade Rules
As NAFTA 2.0 hangs in balance, U.S. and Canadian organizations recommend new rules for future trade agreements that prioritize people and planet, not corporations.
Advisory: Poor People’s Campaign Brings Moral Budget to Washington
Moral Budget report press call will release details exploding myth that we can’t afford to end poverty and racism ahead of 2020 candidates forum
Indigenous people call on Pan American Silver to cease local interference out of respect for the consultation process in Guatemala
Pan American Silver’s “community relations” taking place in parallel to the consultation process are coercive, heighten tensions, and jeopardize the free nature of the process.
MEDIA ADVISORY: The Institute for Policy Studies and Raskin Family to Present First Annual Marcus Raskin Award for Civic and Intellectual Courage
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II will receive the award in honor of the late Marcus Raskin’s legacy
Supreme Court Accepts Appeal of Peruvian Human Rights Defender and Overturns Sentence
The decision will be precedent-setting for the future of social protest in Peru.
More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek
Groups call for the annulment of sentence against Aymara spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court
North American Organizations Call on the Canadian Government to Stand Up to Washington’s Bullying on NAFTA, and to Strike a Fair Trade Deal
Organizations denounce Trump’s ‘divide and conquer’ strategy.
Warren-Cummings Poverty Forum: TESTIMONY FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
June 12, 2018, U.S. Capitol Building
North American organizations call for an immediate suspension of the accelerated NAFTA talks until negotiating climate improves
Organizations say negotiations are being carried on with public left in the dark
Banking CEO Pay Still Out of Control
Report Finds Excessive CEO Pay, Underpaid Workers at National, Regional Banks