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
Will Corporate Lobbyists Steamroll Stock Buyback Regulations?
The SEC should stand up to the Chamber of Commerce and keep fighting for rules to expose CEOs who manipulate buybacks to pad their own pockets.
Some New Hope for a Check on CEO Compensation
A Delaware state court ruling has shaken up the pay world for corporate execs
A Super Bowl Note to Taylor Swift: Love the Music, Park the Private Jet
Congrats, Taylor, for your talent and decades of consistently great songwriting. You deserve all the accolades and rewards. But I have one request…
The Senate’s Failed War and Border Deal is Not Security
Security for all means honoring legal immigration, creating paths to citizenship, and it means ending and preventing wars.
Waking the Sleeping Giant of the Low-Income Voting Bloc
The Poor People’s Campaign is planning 42 weeks of actions to mobilize this potentially powerful yet often ignored segment of the electorate.
The Penalty for Exposing How Our Plutocracy Operates? Five Years Behind Bars
Tax consultant Charles Littlejohn faces prison while our richest continue to feel precious little tax-time pain.
The Fallout Never Ended
After 75 years, justice is long overdue for the innocent people who suffered collateral damage from nuclear weapons.
Foundation-to-DAF Conversions: Is It a Thing?
Foundation-to-DAF conversions make up only about 5 percent of all dissolving foundations, but they represent a much larger portion of the dollars.
Sustaining Rosa Parks’s Struggle for Transit Equity
Transit Equity Day 2024 offers opportunities for reflection and participation.
Democracy Is Under Siege in El Salvador. Biden Needs to Speak Up.
President Bukele needs to drop charges against labor, human rights, and water defenders, as well as ordinary workers who simply want to get paid.