At IPS, our work is centered in our vision: we believe everyone has a right to thrive on a planet where all communities are equitable, democratic, peaceful, and sustainable. Our intersecting programs and initiatives, led by a diverse group of expert staff and associate fellows, are helping to shape progressive movements toward this vision.
“Ultimately as we build the union movement in this country, what we are fighting for is an economy that works for everybody, not just a handful of billionaires.”
Buffalo’s baristas give us hope. Buffalo’s pols, meanwhile, are giving oligarchy our hard-earned tax dollars.
Russia is increasingly becoming the Saudi Arabia of the north.
Federal estate tax has become porous and effectively optional for the wealthiest households.
The new White House budget plan echoes wealth tax perspectives over two centuries old.
How we can prevent the wealthiest of our wealthy from exempting virtually unlimited billions from tax.
Nationalism and internationalism are conducting an uncivil war, and humanity is being tested like Job.
The workers who put food on our tables face poverty, deportation, and extreme heat. These are policy choices—and they can be changed.
The GOP’s voter suppression laws are working. They need to be stopped before more states adopt them.
China is both reducing and altering the nature of its investments in African energy projects.