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.
The U.S. and North Korean leaders are both playing a long con designed to maintain their own short-term political survival.
Renewable resources won’t threaten America’s electric grid.
This is just the latest congressional favor for the Fraternal Order of the Police.
Trump rallied to save a major Chinese firm right in the middle of a trade war of his own making. Why?
Soldiers, civilians, and the 140 million Americans who are poor or low-income pay the price for our never-ending wars.
By leveraging the power of the public purse against corporations that pay their top execs outrageously more than their workers, we could help jump-start a democratic “New Economy.”
From Washington to Rome, so-called “populist” politicians are hacking away at a genuinely broken status quo. But their alternatives are either uninspired or terrifying.
While some white people were calling the cops on people of color, others joined them — and members of every other community — in a huge sweep of actions in state capitals.
Veterans often wrestle with the things they’ve done in war. When will ordinary Americans do the same?
From Hong Kong to Los Angeles, people of ordinary means are squeezing into expensive housing and subsidizing country clubs for the golfing super rich.