A Post-Racial Society Wouldn’t Have an Increasing Racial Wealth Divide
It’s simply not true that race plays less of a role in economic inequality than it did in previous generations, Josh Hoxie tells the Real News Network.
Missing the Mark on Climate Justice
There’s an opportunity now to link racial, economic, and climate justice issues and galvanize a larger audience, Janet Redman told the Real News Network.
Ending Tax-Dodging by Utilities Could Prompt a Clean Energy Transition
A new IPS report found that there’s a huge amount of money lost in tax breaks that could help low-income families become energy efficient, Janet Redman tells the Real News Network.
Escalation in Mosul Will Cause a Massive Refugee Crisis that Dwarfs the Existing One
The U.S. has announced it will send 560 more troops to Iraq to fight ISIS, but no preparations have been made to take care of the civilians that will have their city destroyed, Phyllis Bennis tells the Real News Network.
Democratic Party Platform: Lots of Hot Air on Climate Change
Janet Redman, who provided testimony at the DNC Platform Committee, and Wenonah Hauter, the executive director of Food & Water Watch, address the draft’s shortcomings on the carbon tax, TPP, fracking, and fossil fuel extraction
The First Step to Ending the War in Syria is to Stop Killing
With a Syrian refugee crisis underway for the last five years, we need to get serious about diplomacy, Bennis tells the Real News Network.
Clinton Positions Herself to the Right of Trump in Major National Security Speech
IPS’s Phyllis Bennis tells the Real News Network that although Clinton rightfully used her national security speech to condemn the bigotry and danger of Trump’s positions, she didn’t lay out a much better alternative.
Lacking a Real Foreign Policy Strategy, Trump Would Turn to War
Phyllis Bennis on the Real News Network: “When the first crisis breaks, I’m afraid that a President Trump would immediately turn to the military.”
No Opposition on Vote to Blacklist Corporations in Occupied Palestine Shows Shifting Global Opinion
Phyllis Bennis says this symbolic vote demonstrates the power the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement has to impact government choices.
Hipocresia! A Revolutionary Perspective On Obama’s Visit to Cuba
IPS policy analyst Netfa Freeman demystifies much of what has been said about Obama’s visit to Cuba, from the perspective of one friendly to the Cuban Revolution.
Sanders Vs. Clinton on Palestine-Israel: A Primer with Phyllis Bennis
An assessment of Clinton’s AIPAC speech and Sanders’s Middle East speech reveals their divergent approaches to the US’s closest ally, Israel
Obama’s Visit to Cuba: Dangers and Benefits to the Cuban Revolution
IPS Board Member James Early and Alex Main delve into the risk-benefit analysis of Cuba opening up to the United States
Class and The Movement for Black Lives
In this special edition of imixwhatilike! we hosted a panel focused on class politics within the movement for Black lives.
Trump Dominates Super Tuesday by Channeling Resentment
Frances Fox Piven & IPS board member James Early talk with Paul Jay about Trump’s appeal to sections of the white working class.
It’s Bigger Than Beyonce: Art as War
Ajamu Baraka and Paul Porter discuss the continuing political fallout of and response to Beyonce’s latest.