On Al-Jazeera’s Inside Story roundtable discussion, IPSer Sanho Tree discusses how the U.S. State Department gets to play judge, jury, and executioner in Honduras.
Read moreEconomic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
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The Lineup: Week of June 11-17, 2012
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh explain why a Canadian company’s lawsuit against the government of El Salvador threatens democracy everywhere.
Read moreMining Gold, Undermining Democracy
Neither foreign investors nor unelected tribunals deserve the power to trump democratically elected leaders.
Read moreWisconsin Wakeup Call
It’s too simple to say that money bought this election.
Read moreClearing the Air
Many health care organizations have joined environmental advocates like the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council in supporting a new EPA rule that would curb the deadly pollution spewed from the next generation of coal-fired power plants.
Read moreBlowing a Chance to Save American Jobs
Congress must renew a successful tax credit supporting the budding wind power industry.
Read moreRecalling the Gilded Age
Americans just won’t take greed from their next-door neighbors.
Read moreThese Steaks May Stick to Your Ribs
While meat glue is widely used, corporations peddling molded meat aren’t eager to let us consumers in on their little secret.
Read moreSolidarity in Reverse
Class warfare for dummies.
Read moreOur Press Freedom is under Fire
In its latest assessment, Reporters Without Borders ranked the United States No. 47 for media freedom.
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