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
In Tennessee and Montana, Republicans silenced the voices of three young lawmakers because they dared to challenge the undemocratic status quo.
World military spending reached a new record high of $2.4 trillion in 2022, with the United States spending the most by far.
The administration has alarmingly called for “surging resources” to turn back immigrants from the border and from inside the U.S.
IPS experts remember their time with the legendary activist, entertainer, and IPS board member.
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.
The book bans, censorship, and attacks on LGBTQ kids that the GOP calls “parents rights” are way out of step with American families.
The opening up of Arizona’s Oak Flat to copper mining would wipe out generations of Apache religion, culture and wisdom.
Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand to Colombia to pull it out of its economic hole?
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.
The MAGA bargain goes something like this: If we hurt other people worse, is it ok if we hurt you, too?
For 20 years, the Department of Homeland Security has made life a nightmare for millions — but Dreamers like me have seen that there’s another way.
The president’s plan for jobs, families, and health reflects the things most of us value. But it should spend more on those and less on the Pentagon.
From its earliest beginnings, DHS has been associated with some of our country’s worst scandals.