Student Debt Cancellation is a Racial Justice Issue
Presidential executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in student debts would increase Black wealth by 40 percent.
Presidential executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in student debts would increase Black wealth by 40 percent.
King looked beyond our borders — not only at injustice, but how people worked together to end it. It’s an example we need today.
King’s “Testament of Hope” sounds as relevant today as the day it was published.
If you know where to look, there’s also a lot to be hopeful about. Here are a few villains that shaped 2021 for the worse — and a few heroes worth rooting for.
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.
Our economic and racial divides grew even wider in 2021, but there are signs of hope for a more equitable future.
Prison gerrymandering inflates the political representation of districts that host prisons — without any say from the people inside them.
Este año, IPS honró a las defensoras y los defensores de territorio hondureños Afro-Indígenas, OFRANEH, con nuestro Premio Internacional LM de Derechos Humanos. Todavía estamos celebrando su resistencia.
This year, IPS honored the Afro-Indigenous Honduran land defenders OFRANEH with our International LM Human Rights Award. We’re still celebrating their resiliency.
Leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates share their visions for advancing racial equity in the COVID recovery — and beyond.
We asked nine leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates how to advance racial equity in the COVID recovery — and beyond. Here are their responses.
While workers are continuing to struggle under COVID, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.
There are obvious links between anti-war movements against U.S. militarism and Black Lives Matter activism against police brutality. Is time for activists to join forces?
Democrats just passed a budget framework that could make millions of immigrant workers less vulnerable to exploitation.
Rep. Cori Bush delivered a win for millions of renters, but inequalities that make Black women particularly vulnerable to evictions continue.