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A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families
Policy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions.

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South Asian Americans Need Solidarity, Not The “Model Minority” Myth

The “model minority” myth has elevated some Indian Americans while leaving many South Asians behind.

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SYMPOSIUM ROUNDUP: Forging a Democracy That Works for All

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our third annual Wallace Symposium.

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BLUEPRINT: Forging a Democracy that Works for All

Countering the power of billionaires, corporations, and the Pentagon

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Trump’s War at Home

The administration's ruthless deportation policy is wrecking lives, communities, and the U.S. economy. It may turn out to be a political albatross as...

Reports

A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families

Policy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions.

SYMPOSIUM ROUNDUP: Forging a Democracy That Works for All

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our third annual Wallace Symposium.

BLUEPRINT: Forging a Democracy that Works for All

Countering the power of billionaires, corporations, and the Pentagon

Alternate Route: New Pathways to Better Jobs in Alabama Through Public Transit

Alabama has one of the country’s largest workforce shortages. Public transit is key to closing it.

The True Cost of the Military in Hawaiʻi

A comprehensive analysis of the economic, environmental, strategic, and social impacts of the U.S. military presence in Hawaiʻi

The Dark Side of the Energy Transition: Green Colonialism in Southern Honduras

Multinational corporations exploited demand for green energy to shake down some of the most impoverished communities in the Americas.

Restoring the Land: The Movement to Address the Theft of Tribal Territory

The United States, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, also owes its fortune to a great crime—the theft of land...

2025 Rural Policy Action Report: A Roadmap for Rural Progress

A positive agenda to improve rural people’s lives and deliver lower costs, higher wages, and freedom.

The Reparations Movement: Flourishing Amid Backlash

State and local efforts are reshaping how racial justice can be pursued in practice.

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IPS Researchers Warn the GOP Budget Will Slash Health Care for Billionaire Tax Cuts

Proposed budget cuts will harm millions of poor and low-income American families.
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Trump Wants to Sell Citizenship to Rich People. Take It from Other Countries — It’s a Bad Idea

Citizenship by investment schemes drive up housing prices and do little to drive economic growth.
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Bishop Barber: ‘Bowing is Not in Our DNA’

At a Capitol Hill rally, faith leaders called for a season of nonviolent moral dissent against Republican budget proposals that will deepen inequality.
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We’re Parents. Trump’s Attacks on Trans Kids Don’t Speak for Us.

We’re horrified that politicians are attempting to ban reputable health care for kids in the name of “parents’ rights.”
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Watch What Trump Does (Not What He Says)

This administration places its fealty to the billionaire class and the president’s penchant for imperialism above any of the ideas that would actually...
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America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations

For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness.
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Detaining and Deporting Immigrants Is All Wrong. Immigrants Are Here to Stay.

We are simply people trying to live good and successful lives like anyone else.
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Black History Month: Celebrating Progress While Confronting Inequality

Despite attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Black political representation has never been greater. Progress is still possible.
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Why Politicians Keep Blaming DEI for Disasters, Even When It’s Laughably Untrue

At best, these false claims help politicians cover for corporate misdeeds. At worst, they foster division for its own sake. Neither makes us...
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Trump’s Big, Bad, Destructive, and Unpeaceful Imperialism

It may seem laughable to hear Trump lusting after Canada and Greenland, but his vision of U.S. domination indicates we need to take...
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The War on Trans People is a Culture War — and a Class War

Three charts show that trans people have higher unemployment and poverty rates and earn less on average than other Americans.
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Anti-Immigrant Legislation Doesn’t Serve Anyone But Prison Contractors

The Laken Riley Act is an assault on due process, undermining all of our rights to make for-profit prison CEOs richer.

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