Nearly two-thirds of the federal discretionary budget goes to militarized federal programs, leaving just over a third for our communities — a sliver some lawmakers want to cut even further.
Phyllis Bennis spoke to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! on May 9, 2023 about the United States’ role in Ukraine’s counter-offensive, and Israel’s recent attacks on Gaza
World military spending reached a new record high of $2.4 trillion in 2022, with the United States spending the most by far.
In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.
If billionaires and corporations pay their share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care.
Saudi Arabia — in the news for cutting oil production and pushing up the price of gas — is also making headlines for perhaps a more unusual reason: golf.
Women CEOs are becoming slightly less rare at large corporations. But simply replacing men with women at the top of the income scale won’t lead to greater equity.
This is a critical moment for our nation. We must not allow struggling workers or our children, grandparents and disabled loved ones to fall back into hunger.
Should our tax system be discouraging automation or leveling the tax playing field between workers and machines?
The U.S. Postal Service is a vital source of decent jobs for Black workers. Instead of cutting or privatizing services, this public agency should expand to meet 21st century needs.
IPS joins an international coalition condemning the assassination of environmental leaders in Honduras.
House Republicans, Euroskeptics, Vladimir Putin, and Jair Bolsonaro are the agents of a new kind of political disorder that parallels the chaos of failing states, economic catastrophe, and climate disasters.
Sorry, but we have too many other needs in this country to spend $858 billion on a department that can’t even pass an audit.
Lawmakers should take note: Young people will resist radical efforts to violate our reproductive freedoms and our futures.
If cutting corporate tax rates and making billionaires wealthier actually fixed inflation, it would have been fixed ages ago.