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
Want to Create Useful Jobs? Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels – and at a faster rate and lower cost.
Drifting Away from Peace
According to a new study, peaceful countries are getting more peaceful while the violent are getting more violent.
Leaked Jared Kushner Email Says UNRWA “Is Inefficient and Doesn’t Help Peace”
By cutting funding to UNRWA, Is the U.S. sending a message to Palestinian refugees about their right to return home?
You’ve Heard of the Gender Pay Gap, But There’s More
It takes the typical black woman all the way till August to earn what a white male worker got paid last year.
The $717 Billion Defense Bill That Just Breezed Through the Senate Should Be a National Scandal
Democrats and Republicans rubber-stamped a severely bloated war budget.
The War Before the Iran War
Division in the ranks of the conservative movement is a critical sign that a war with Iran isn’t inevitable.
Is Trump Lying About Economic Gains?
GDP is high. Unemployment is low. Why are we still seeing unprecedented levels of economic inequality?
New Currencies for a New Economy
To build local power, activists in Bristol are taking aim at the root of all evils: money.
Lancaster Shows How to Say No to Geo Group
A Pennsylvania county goes up against a giant of the private prison industry and comes out victorious.
As Tax Cuts Balloon the Deficit, the Trump Administration Goes After Health Care
The GOP’s trickle-down economics have never worked for ordinary Americans. Medicare does.