Last week, the White House released President Biden’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins October 1 of 2023. As usual, the biggest portion of the discretionary budget request […]
Read morePeace & Foreign Policy
To build peace, we must dislodge the economic and political foundations of war. IPS believes that a just foreign policy is based on human rights, international law, and diplomacy over military intervention.
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Biden Is Following Trump’s Lead on Israel-Palestine
The US president’s promise to put human rights first doesn’t seem to apply to Israel.
Read moreFree Trade or Just Green Trade?
Corporations are using trade and investment treaties to handcuff global and national efforts to save the planet.
Read moreWe Need to Broaden Our Conversation About Guns
Looking at gun manufacturing rather than just gun ownership can help break down our status quo red-blue divide.
Read more20 Years On, What Did the Iraq War Truly Cost?
The war claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost opportunities. Now, younger generations are demanding them back.
Read moreAfter 20 Years, the Department of Homeland Security Is a Money-Guzzling Failure
From its earliest beginnings, DHS has been associated with some of our country’s worst scandals.
Read moreAfter 20 Years, the Department of Homeland Security Is a Money-Guzzling Failure
Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. government took a sharp turn toward surveillance, racial profiling, and an immigration policy based on fear. In March 2003, the newly christened Department of […]
Read moreA Quarter of Biden’s Budget Will Go to Pentagon Contractors
March 9 – Today the White House released the President’s budget request, laying out the President’s priorities for the country. The $1.6 trillion discretionary spending request includes an eye-popping $886 billion for the Pentagon […]
Read moreA Quarter of Biden’s Budget Will Go to Pentagon Contractors
Today the White House released the President’s budget request, laying out the President’s priorities for the country.
Read moreUkraine’s Future: Like Korea or Yugoslavia?
Will the war turn into a stalemate or the crushing defeat of an imperial power?
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