Institute for Policy Studies

We unapologetically support movements to resist fascism and win transformational progressive change — and we have done so for over 60 years. For the full scope of timely analysis from IPS public scholars now and in months to come, follow us at bsky.app/profile/ips-dc….

NEW: In a landmark opinion yesterday, the ICJ ruled that all countries have a legal obligation to take cooperative action against the climate crisis. This is a huge win that will bolster climate lawsuits worldwide. @johnsonjakep in @commondreams: commondreams.org/news/icj-clima…

NEW: While forcing poor Americans through extra paperwork to receive basic needs, the GOP's big, ugly bill will reward the repeatedly audit-failing Pentagon with a whopping $150 billion. IPS Wallace Fellow Olabisi Omoniyi-Alake in @natpriorities: nationalpriorities.org/blog/2025/07/1…

The Democrats lost badly enough in 2024 to raise the question: How can they come back? A new report from the Center for Working-Class Politics and @jacobinmag gives the answer: With progressive economic policies like higher wages and taxing the rich. inequality.org/article/democr…

While Trump claims that locking up immigrants is in the interest of “law and order,” as of this June nearly 72% of the people forced into immigrant detention centers have no criminal history, writes @belkiswille. This isn’t justice. It’s just cruelty.otherwords.org/were-locking-u…

NEW: 1 in 5 homes in California are now owned by investors. If homes continue to be built at prices only affordable to these profiteers, then the housing crisis will be "a never-ending cycle," says IPS scholar @ocampo_IPS. @CyNeffNews in @GuardianUS: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

🎙️ MONDAY: The Transformation of Industrial Politics 🎙️ 📍 Zoom webinar 📆 July 28 🕐 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET This session with experts Ariel Salleh, @KenmanKenman07, and @PenarandaLala will examine the effects of industrial politics on our future. Sign up: ips-dc.org/event/transfor…

Thanks to the GOP's gutting of Medicaid, SNAP, and rural health care, even the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is inadequate to compensate the communities suffering from the effects of nuclear testing, writes NM Fellow Feleecia Guillen.otherwords.org/more-americans…

NEW: A shadowy legal tool called ISDS is allowing foreign corporations to sue Honduras for a total of $19.4 billion, roughly 53% of the country’s 2024 GDP. The public good must be put over this corporate greed. @aimeegabay in @MongabayOrg: news.mongabay.com/2025/07/mounti…

A sixteen-year-old starting their first job as a fast food worker or cashier today won't make a cent more than those working the same jobs on the day they were born. There is no excuse. Raise the wage.

Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised. Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

NEW: While some places are cutting transit, Massachusetts is offering its second year in a row of FREE buses — funded in part by the state’s wildly successful new tax on millionaires. Tax the rich. Fund public transit. @lauren_hakimi: provincetownindependent.org/featured/2025/…

With powerful nations like the U.S. and Russia retreating from international responsibility, organizations like the UN are facing an uncertain future. Fortunately, the potential still exists for new coalitions to pick up the slack. @FPIF fpif.org/can-internatio…

NEW: A new report shows that the Democrats' blue-collar exodus can be reversed with progressive economic policies like raising the minimum wage and expanding health care. To defeat Trumpism, Democrats must fight for workers. Sean Mason in @inequalityorg: inequality.org/article/democr…

NEW: The Trump admin has cut NOAA to the bone, proposed *eliminating* FEMA, and all the while pushed more fossil fuel extraction that's worsening our storms. The GOP has Texans' blood on its hands. IPS climate scholar @BasavIPS in @InsideSourcesDC: dcjournal.com/the-deaths-in-…

Despite repeated failure to pass an audit, the GOPs new budget is set to grant the Pentagon $150 billion in new funding. If this administration really wants to protect Americans, it would invest that money in programs like SNAP and Medicaid. @natpriorities buff.ly/UqoPFOU

When would-be developers of Hanscom Field’s proposed expansion argued “ferry flight reduction” would balance out an additional 6,000 private jet flights annually (2024 IEc Report), Chuck Collins from @inequalityorg at IPS came to @BosPublicRadio with the facts. @stopprivatejets

NEW: research from the Center for Working-Class Politics and @jacobin shows that winning over the working-class at the polls is possible—if politicians and lawmakers focus on progressive policies, such as federally funding schools and taxing the wealthy. buff.ly/0AEXqEh