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
A Pandemic of the Poor
As we approach 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Americans in poorer counties have died at double the rate of wealthier counties.
About That $900 You Gave Pentagon Contractors
This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?
Alice and George
How a brilliant epidemiologist kept herself honest with the help of a gifted mathematician.
The Medic
The trials of an Army medic — and lessons for the years to come.
Coal and Water
A clash between ranchers, farmers, and pipeline executives in an arid corner of South Dakota.
Beyond the Headlights
The tangled politics of protecting the water rights of Indigenous communities.
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang
A movement-building effort to get justice for victims of the nuclear arms race.
Hanford
A decades-long effort to clean up one of the most profoundly contaminated nuclear “sacrifice zones” on the planet.
Elon Musk Is Hiding the Ball Again on Taxes
Fanboys of the richest person on Earth are spinning bogus tales that swell the Musk fortune and embellish his ‘genius.’
Clarence Thomas’ Conflicts Put Our Whole Constitutional System at Risk
Federal law requires Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from cases in which their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”