Erik Leaver

Erik is the communications manager at IPS. Previously he served as a research fellow with the peace and security program and with the Foreign Policy In Focus project.

Erik holds an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico. He worked with the Interhemispheric Resource Center in New Mexico on Foreign Policy In Focus before moving to Washington to continue his work at IPS in April 1999.

You can follow him on twitter at: erikleaver and on Netvibes at: http://www.netvibes.com/erikleaver

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Economic Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy | Articles

Pay Your Share: Stop Corporate Tax Dodgers
Corporate tax dodging has gone so out of control that 25 major U.S. corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid the U.S....

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When Science Goes Bad

In an effort to spare children from a dreaded disorder, parents exposed those children to other illnesses that had been considered remnants of...

Peace & Foreign Policy | Articles

Mock Drone Attack

IPS'ers take to the streets to show the public what a drone attack looks like from the point of civilians.

Economic Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy | Articles

A New Day

With sweeping Democratic victories in the House, Senate, and presidential races, a new day has dawned for American politics.

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Iraq Quagmire: Costs of War

Five years into the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the human, economic, social and other costs keep growing.
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