If Trump lets corporate elites dictate new trade rules, all working families will suffer.
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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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Bombing to Eradicate Terrorism Produces the Opposite Effect
The U.S. dropped over 26,000 bombs last year, Phyllis Bennis told Radio Sputnik. And none of them made us safer.
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UK Labour Party Proposes a Maximum Wage Gap
The UK Labor Party has revived an FDR-era aspiration of imposing a maximum wage on the highest earners, among other radical proposals to stem inequality.
Read moreHow Obama Took Foreign Policy Forward — And Back
When it came to race, climate, or diplomacy, Obama was like a visitor from the future. On trade and intervention, however, he was often stuck in the past.
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Why Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Might Back Down From the Job
As the Office of Government Ethics looks into Andrew Puzder, they’ll find he’s fought against basic worker productions while enjoying special CEO rewards at CKE.
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Health Care Repeal Is a Stealth Tax Break for Millionaires
If Obama’s health law is reversed, taxes will go down for the rich and up for the poor, while millions lose coverage.
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Here’s What It’s Like to Work for Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee
A quarter of Andrew Puzder’s employees reported unpaid overtime, a third complained of wage theft, and fully two-thirds said they were sexually harassed.
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What Putin Wants from Trump
Trump and Putin are forging a noxious alliance that gives an international platform to white supremacists and crusading Islamophobes.
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Paid Family Leave Comes to D.C.
While official Washington digs in against paid leave, locals in the nation’s capital helped win one of the country’s most generous family and medical leave plans.
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For Black Americans, MLK’s Dream Still Isn’t Reality
Housing was a key part of King’s vision for economic justice, but most black Americans don’t own homes.
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Reports
Report: The Battle For Another World
The Progressive Response to the New Right
Report: Poor People’s Campaign Moral Budget
Everybody Has the Right to Live
Tax Day 2019: Where Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2018
How Enriching the 1% Widens the Racial Wealth Divide
Report: Shrinking Space and the BDS Movement
A Case Study: The BDS Movement