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Sustaining Rosa Parks’s Struggle for Transit Equity
Transit Equity Day 2024 offers opportunities for reflection and participation.
Rural Inequality vs. Grassroots Land Reform: Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement Turns Forty
Rural land concentration compounds inequality and threatens democracy. Through grassroots land reform, this movement offers hope.
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
We praise charity efforts to combat climate change in countries like Bangladesh as generous, without critiquing why they are made necessary in the first place.
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.
Senators Failed to Add Anti-Immigrant Border Policy to Budget Deal
Yesterday, two anti-immigrant amendments that would have extended the legacy of the draconian Trump-era immigration policy, Title 42, each took the Senate floor for a vote. Both failed. Title 42 […]
Schools Won’t Be Safe Until Lawmakers Respect Students
Lawmakers are filling schools with police and viciously targeting students and teachers. How are kids supposed to learn?
Reproductive Rights Must Include Environmental Justice
Many of the people most impacted by abortion bans are also most impacted by pollution.
Etsy Sellers Strike for a Fairer Marketplace
Artisans rely on Etsy to market their creations, but the platform’s profit-maximizing policies hurt more than they help. Here’s why the sellers went on strike.
‘Hardening’ School Security Is the Wrong Answer
If we are serious about keeping children safe, lawmakers should heed the dozens of school districts across the country that have begun decreasing their reliance on police in schools.
Combating Corporate ‘Pinkwashing’ During Pride Month With Mutual Aid
With a 22 percent poverty rate, the LGBTQ+ community needs more than rainbow flags from multi-million dollar corporations.
While the Nation Reels, the Pentagon Budget Keeps Ramping Up Nuclear Weapons
With a full vote for this year’s NDAA expected in July, it is not too late to turn the tide. It is time to say no to nuclear weapons.
Nurses are Standing Up to Profiteers and Demanding Universal Healthcare
The first-ever Senate hearing on Medicare for All examined how our profit-driven healthcare system endangers patients and betrays nurses.
The Gilded Glamour Met Gala Was a Fantasia of Inequality
Our second Gilded Age isn’t as enchanting as Condé Nast and celebrity spectacle make it seem – but a red carpet parade while event workers struggle for dignified treatment epitomizes the era.
A Historic Deal for Union Doormen
After servicing New York City’s wealthiest throughout the pandemic, 32,000 residential workers refused to accept a regressive new contract.
Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers
New York’s essential workers have been excluded from relief and benefits. The Fund Excluded Workers Coalition is fighting to change that.
Columbia’s Student Workers Fight for a Fair Contract
Student workers keep Columbia University running, yet many struggle to make ends meet in one of the most expensive cities in the country.
Nebraska Can Be a Leader in Wind Energy. Here’s How.
Nebraska still gets 51% of its electricity from coal. But there’s good news: Nebraska has exceptional potential for wind energy.
Rain and Sunshine and Wind
How an Energy Transition Could Power Nebraska
It’s Time to Reassess Our Relationship With Israel
Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House.
To Save the Planet, We Need to Demilitarize the Police
Even with climate disasters all around us, nonviolent environmental demonstrations face fierce police repression. Why?