Our Work
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.
Latest Work
Change Finance, Not the Climate
How to get money out of fossil fuels — and into a Green New Deal.
Billionaire Pandemic Wealth Gains Surge Past Half-Trillion as 42.6 million File for Unemployment
U.S. Billionaire Wealth Up $565 billion since March 18, a gain of
over 19 percent.
The Looming New Amityville Horror
One of the nation’s largest middle-class counties faces a huge hit on public school budgets as the super rich get set to frolic in the summertime surf.
Trump’s War on the Hungry
The Trump administration has waged war on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly called food stamps.
Ipsos Poll: 72 Percent of Americans Support an Emergency Charity Stimulus
New research finds that many aspects of private foundations and DAFs are not acceptable to Americans.
I Remember the Lynchings of the 1960s. They’re Still Happening.
My civil rights movement colleagues were murdered in the 1960s, when lynching was common. Sadly, it remains so today.
The Descent of America
America’s racism is destroying its advanced status in real time — and with it, the most redeeming parts of liberal internationalism.
Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19
Global South communities affected by mining face multiple pandemics — health, economic, violence, militarization, and corporate capture.
Bus Drivers Refuse to Help Police Transfer Protesters to Jail
Transit workers backed by unions and equity groups in solidarity with demonstrators demanding justice for Black people killed by police.
‘Failed State’ Status Here We Come?
Societies that tolerate deep divides in income and wealth invite pandemic disasters.