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How to Make Lawmakers Rue the Day They Voted for This Scam of a Tax Bill

We can use this bill as a catalyst for the next wave of tax-fairness and economic-justice organizing.

When’s the Last Time I’ll Go Home for Christmas?

By my count, I get 13 more holidays before the sea threatens to swallow my family’s home.

The Far-Reaching Risks of Trump’s Jerusalem Decision

There are no peace talks underway that might be threatened by U.S. recognition of Jerusalem. But the move makes peace in the war-torn region far less likely.

A Cruel Holiday Gift for Refugee Families

For 60,000 Haitian immigrants, this holiday season is filled with fear and uncertainty.

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Trump's Year in Islamophobia

Maha Hilal | December 21, 2017

Five ways the administration has waged war on Muslims at home and abroad in its first year.

Who Owns Tips? If Trump’s Department of Labor Gets Its Way, Not Workers

Negin Owliaei | December 20, 2017

A new proposal would take tips out of the hands of the people who earn them.

What Makes Muslim Ban 3.0 So Dangerous

Maha Hilal | December 20, 2017

The Supreme Court's decision to let the indefinite ban go forward will certainly embolden Trump and his hardline supporters.

From ''Me Too" to "Not One More"

Domenica Ghanem | December 20, 2017

Imagine if the burden to combat sexual assault didn’t have to fall on any of these brave women — from celebrities to interns — pleading with the public to listen to stories they never wanted to have to recall.

North Korea: The Costs of War, Calculated

John Feffer | December 20, 2017

Even a limited war with North Korea would kill millions, devastate the environment, and bankrupt the U.S.

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How to Make Lawmakers Rue the Day They Voted for This Scam of a Tax Bill

Chuck Collins, Sarah Anderson | December 20, 2017

We can use this bill as a catalyst for the next wave of tax-fairness and economic-justice organizing.

When’s the Last Time I’ll Go Home for Christmas?

Victoria Borneman | December 20, 2017

By my count, I get 13 more holidays before the sea threatens to swallow my family's home.

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Democrats Should Create Policies That Help the Black People Who Put Them In Power

Josh Hoxie | December 18, 2017

They can start by addressing the racial wealth divide.

Report: The Poor People's Campaign, 50 Years Later

IPS Staff | December 4, 2017

Auditing America 50 Years After the Poor People's Campaign Challenged System Racism, Poverty, Militarism, and our National Morality.

Report: High Flyers 2017

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie | November 29, 2017

How the private jet lobby shifts costs to the rest of us, threatens our security, and fuels a warming planet.

Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2017

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie | November 8, 2017

The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us

Report: I Dream Detroit

Kimberly Freeman Brown, Marc Bayard | October 10, 2017

The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future.

Report: Green Climate Fund, A Performance Check

Karen Orenstein, Oscar Reyes | September 26, 2017

An initial assessment of whether the Green Climate Fund is living up to its mandate finds that its becoming a sideshow to big development banks.

Report: The Road to Zero Wealth

Chuck Collins, Dedrick Asante-Muhammed, Emanuel Nieves, Josh Hoxie | September 11, 2017

How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class

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Upcoming Events

Concert: The Winborne Singers
January 18, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at Quaker Meeting House
Join us for an evening of songs of resistance.
Authoe Event: Stand Up!
January 21, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at Busboys & Poets – 5th & K
Join us for a talk and book signing with Gordon Whitman and find out "How to Get Involved, Speak Out, and Win in a World on Fire."
Cuba Policy from Obama to Trump: Differences or Only Distinctions
January 23, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Busboys & Poets – 14th & V
A discussion and book signing with Arnold August about his book on the resistance of Cuban intellectuals to US led cultural war against Cuba’s socialist culture.
Poetry, Social Justice & Beer: A Reading & Conversation with Sarah Browning & Tope Folarin
January 25, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm at Institute for Policy Studies
Come out for a book signing and discussion of the role poetry plays in movements for social change with drinks and light appetizers.
Transit Equity Day
February 5, 2018 at
A collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change.

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