2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (262+ words) Birmingham, Ala. " On June 25, Alabama Arise and the Institute for Policy Studies released a vital new report, "Alternate Route: New Pathways to Better Jobs in Alabama Through Public Transit." As the new analysis highlights, right now Alabama lawmakers are missing…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (298+ words) By Marc Bayard, Allan M. Freyer, Ph. D. , Dev Wakeley To speak with an expert, contact IPS Deputy Communications Director Olivia Alperstein olivia@ips-dc. org. For recent press statements, visit our Press page. Public transit plays a crucial role in connecting people…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (561+ words) The red emergency light is flashing on America's democracy dashboard, like a damaged aircraft teetering toward a mountain. Elon Musk becoming the planet's first trillionaire should make us tremble for the future of self-governing republics. It's as if we're bringing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (160+ words) In an interview with TRT World reacting to Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire, Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good and author of Burned by Billionaires, explains why this milestone is less a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (613+ words) It has long been the dream of the U. S. foreign policy elite to bring Japan and South Korea into a tighter alliance. Notoriously dismissive of history, American leaders don't understand why the two countries can't just overcome their past differences. For…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (618+ words) The Republic of Colombia celebrated elections on May 31. Two candidates " Iv'n Cepeda on the left and Abelardo de la Espriella on the right " advanced to the final round to succeed President Gustavo Petro, the country's first-ever leftist president. The final…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (361+ words) Today, with yet more'fresh promises'of a so-called "peace deal" that is nearly ready to be signed by Trump and Iranian leadership, the Israeli military is'bombing the suburbs of Beirut'despite ongoing claims of a "ceasefire." Trying to understand the current doom…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (264+ words) IPS invites you to our 50th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards! Come celebrate five decades of uplifting unsung human rights defenders and honoring our movement heroes together. The in-person event will begin with a catered reception at 5: 30 pm ET. The ceremony…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (814+ words) This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was on hand in Normandy for the eighty-second anniversary of the D-Day invasion. He made the usual remarks about U. S. dedication to defending freedom, just as he did last year on a similar occasion....

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (358+ words) Institute for Policy Studies Graphic Nonfiction with Jon Sack, Robin Broad, and John Cavanagh "Broad and Cavanagh's The Water Defenders is the latest major work of nonfiction to receive a graphic adaptation'this time by Sack, a master of densely packed…...