The blockade of Gaza has not achieved its goal of removing Hamas from power or moderating its positions. The power of Hamas has only become more entrenched.
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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Reader Challenge: Trade Flotilla Investigation for Blockade?
Is trading the investigation of the Gaza flotilla incident for easing of Israel’s blockade of Gaza the right move?
Read moreLoose Oil Is a Way of Life in West Africa
With worldwide desecration of the environment by oil spills, the words “black planet” take on new meaning.
Read moreImmigrants’ American Dreams
We need a system that responds to the realities of immigration in this country while rejecting the knee-jerk discrimination that the Arizona law represents.
Read moreTea Party Should Attack Military Spending
However you describe the Pentagon budget, it’s a lot of money.
Read moreSchool Diversity under Siege
Separate still isn’t equal.
Read moreSpilling Subsidies to BP
BP’s claim that taxpayers will pay nothing is likely to be little more than doublespeak.
Read moreRunning on Hot Air
Whether you’re part of the problem or part of the solution, you can extort a ton of money from corporations that want to buy your vote.
Read moreRigging the Rules against Unions
Corporate chieftains don’t want us hoi polloi having any real say over such things as offshoring and downsizing.
Read moreSegregation Ghost
The nightmare of deja vu all over again.
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