Despite evidence that they may cause cancer, food manufacturers continue to pour about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the American food supply every year.
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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Let’s Get Sensible about Immigration
The Obama administration should scrap enforcement-only policies that separate families and encourage raids, deportations, border militarization, and racial profiling.
Read moreRemembering John Wooden
He was a deeply religious, non-swearing coach who saw to it that his players graduated.
Read moreFranken v. Roberts
Sen. Al Franken is shaking up the Washington establishment on behalf of regular folks.
Read moreIt Takes too Much Money to Run
Who are we to tell other countries how to manage their elections?
Read moreSouth Korea Odd Man Out in Cheonan Outcome
United States fail to press the advantage in the Cheonan incident.
Read moreA Really Big Show: Bigwigs Gather in Kabul…for What, Exactly?
More meetings on Afghanistan result in nothing new. Let’s tell Congress we’re sick of the vast amounts of money and lives wasted.
Read moreProclaiming One’s Supremacy Doesn’t Become a Supreme Leader
The Supreme Leader is no more supreme than the pope is infallible.
Read moreLatin America: Climate Change Swing States
Obama’s climate change guy Todd Stern has just wrapped up a tour of Latin America. It wasn’t vacation: more like a critical lobbying opportunity.
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