Simple genealogy searches don’t work for people whose ancestors were treated like property. But some new tools could help.
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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.
Latest Work
Trump’s Anti-Islamic Sentiments Extend Beyond The Muslim Ban
Trump the businessman is at war with Trump the ideologue over the question of Islam.
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Black Workers Are Organizing at Nissan
Sanchioni Butler is organizing where barriers to unionization are the highest.
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A Wake-Up Call For Trump’s Trade Agenda
The investor-state provisions in NAFTA don’t help workers. Instead, they hand enormous power to corporations to bully governments into undoing measures to protect workers, the environment, and public health.
Read more280 Organizations with over 180 million members worldwide tell OceanaGold to abandon lost suit against El Salvador and “Pack Up and Pay Up”
The organisations are demanding OceanaGold pay El Salvador the $8 million an investor-state tribunal ruled they were owed.
Read moreDavid Friedman Reflects Extreme Far Right Forces in Israeli Politics
Trump’s pick for U.S. Ambassador to Israel’s definition of “peace” means Palestinians accepting an apartheid state
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Trump’s Israel Rhetoric Is All Over the Place
Trump’s statements on the Middle East reflect hardline views one day and more conventional ones the next.
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Killer Presidents
From Duterte to Trump, a new crop of populist leaders are reviving a tried and true method of demonstrating leadership — killing people.
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To Save Main Street, Tax Wall Street
Tax evasion by the wealthiest Americans is drying up our heartland communities and squelching opportunities for our young people.
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Will Trump Complete the Foreign Policy Pivot to Asia?
An attempt at full-spectrum dominance may bankrupt the American economy and irreparably damage the global economy
Read moreIPS Projects
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.