‘An Endlessly Increasing Pentagon Budget’
The end of the war in Afghanistan resulted not in a budget decrease, but more increases. Then Congress cut Build Back Better in half.
How to Fund ‘Medicare for All’: Slash the Military
We’ve identified more than $300 billion in annual military savings alone that we could better invest in priorities like Medicare for All.
The War on Drugs Breeds Crafty Traffickers
By making drugs ever more valuable, increasingly punitive prohibition policies have only amplified the motivational feedback loop of the very people lawmakers are trying to stop.
New York Times LTE: Think Tanks and Corporate America
There’s a subset of think tanks like IPS that don’t solicit contributions from governments and large corporations.
Speaking Truths to Power
IPS co-founder Marc Raskin responds to a New York Times piece on U.S. think tanks accepting government funding.
LETTER: Which Direction for the Mideast?
Responding to the New York Times’ article “The Third Intifada is Inevitable,” Phyllis focuses on the potential power of the Boycotts, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement.