The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Phyllis Bennis discuss the life and legacy of the South African archbishop.
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Peace & 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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Ending the Year on the Wrong Nuclear Foot
The U.S. must lead on nuclear disarmament. Instead, it’s doing the opposite.
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Congress Approved $778 Billion for the Pentagon. That Means We Can Afford Build Back Better.
Some senators say Biden’s social and climate bill costs too much, but comparing it to the military spending plan they just passed suggests otherwise.
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Democratic Progress in Honduras, Setbacks in El Salvador
The last decade saw democratization in El Salvador and brutal repression in Honduras. Suddenly, those trends appear to have reversed.
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A $778 Billion Pentagon Budget is Our Lump of Coal
Congress just passed a $778 billion military budget, and failed to pass the Build Back Better plan that costs less than a quarter of that annually.
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Russian Green Deal: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Russia is a leading carbon emitter and exporter. But change is afoot inside the country.
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‘An Endlessly Increasing Pentagon Budget’
The end of the war in Afghanistan resulted not in a budget decrease, but more increases. Then Congress cut Build Back Better in half.
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War With Russia?
Here’s what Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv can do to avoid the next world war.
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Saudi Arabia Arms Sale Is One of Biden’s Many Militaristic Actions in First Year
When it comes to concrete action, President Joe Biden has accepted and continued along his predecessor’s path.
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Fact Sheet: A Moral Budget Versus a War Budget
Build Back Better and the National Defense Authorization Act represent diametrically opposed views of how to address the challenges of our time: a moral budget vs a war budget. Congress: Which side are you on?
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Reports
State of Insecurity
The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
Multilateralism and the Biden Administration
The Biden Administration should help create stronger, more equitable, and more democratic multilateral structures at the international and regional level.
Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American people.
The Pandemic Pivot
Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of COVID-19.
Report: No Warming, No War
In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.