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Economic Justice
National survey: Voters support increased regulations on private jets
By wide margin, U.S. voters want less jet setting for politicians, tech bros, billionaire vacationers and ICE.
Climate Justice, Economic Justice
New Report “High Flyers 2026” Reveals How Private Jets Costs Taxpayers and the Planet
One key solution: make private jet-setters pay their fair share.
Economic Justice
New Report Spotlights Philanthropy Under Oligarchy and How to Reform Charitable Giving to Defend and Expand Democracy
The analysis spotlights the impacts of three major trends in giving – accumulation, capitulation, and, in rare but instructive cases, solidarity – while demonstrating how adjusting payout requirements would unleash hundreds of billions for working charities.
Economic Justice
REPORT: CEO-Worker Pay Gaps and Political Priorities of the 100 Largest Low-Wage Corporations
‘Low-Wage 100’ CEOs enrich themselves while their workers face stagnating wages, drastic cuts to public assistance, and aggressive ICE actions, study finds.
Leadership Programs
Forging a Democracy that Works for All: Institute for Policy Studies Launches Blueprint to Counter Power of Billionaires, Corporations, and the Pentagon ahead of Symposium
On July 23, the 3rd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium will feature insights from movement leaders, policy experts, and elected officials on how to protect hard-earned rights and frontline communities, confront corporate power and Pentagon profiteering, and renew our democratic institutions from within.
Climate Justice
El modelo de energía «verde» de Honduras se basa en el despojo, advierte estudio, mientras el Congreso de Honduras se dispone a privatizar la Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE)
En informe explica como generación, distribución y transmisión privada de energía disfrazada de sostenibilidad, que genera daños ambientales, sociales y económicos en las comunidades afectadas, colma de garantías a los inversionistas privados, y trata el acceso a la electricidad como una mercancía en lugar de un derecho humano.
IPS in the news
Phyllis Bennis on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story: Israel’s Fractured Election Results Change Little for Palestinians or Iran: VIDEO
Phyllis Bennis tells Al Jazeera that Israel’s inconclusive election results pose a new danger: a change in leadership could make it easier for U.S. lawmakers to continue enabling the same policies under a new face.
Bella DeVaan on Anthropic’s Nonprofit Push: Public Benefit Corporations Need Real Regulation: QUOTE
Bella DeVaan of IPS’s Charity Reform Initiative tells the AP that Anthropic’s public benefit corporation status is meaningful but insufficient without real federal regulation of corporate power and philanthropy.
Basav Sen in Common Dreams: ‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels: OPINION
IPS’s Basav Sen writes in Common Dreams that a bipartisan Senate permitting bill would lock in approvals for data centers and fossil fuel infrastructure while stripping communities of their legal rights to challenge them.
Phyllis Bennis on the Tavis Smiley Show: Obama’s Belfast Speech Falls Short on U.S. Role in Gaza: AUDIO
Phyllis Bennis tells the Tavis Smiley Show that Obama’s Belfast speech on Israel-Palestine falls short by ignoring the U.S. role — and that cutting weapons transfers, not words, is what would actually change the dynamic.
