Last Year, You Spent More Than a Month’s Rent on Pentagon Contractors
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Ever wonder where your taxes go? Each year, the Institute for Policy Studies releases a tax receipt so you can find out.One item...
Writing About Yourself Isn’t Inherently Selfish
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In 2015, the Nobel Prize–winning novelist J. M. Coetzee published a book called The Good Story that he co-authored with a clinical psychologist...
Shouldn’t Every American Enjoy the Luxury of a Roof?
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America, a new report details, is minting millionaires at a record pace. Some 37 percent of the world’s millionaires, analysts at...
To Trim Our Richest Down to Democratic Size, We Need to Think Big
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How rich have America’s super rich become? The annual compensation of Steve Schwarzman, the chief exec of the private-equity colossus Blackstone...
Corporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam
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In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and...
The Threats To U.S. Democracy Go Far Beyond Elections and the Courts
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Chicago police take pro-Palestinian demonstrators into custody during the protest against Israel’s attacks on Gaza on April 15, 2024.
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U.S. Billionaire Wealth Is Up 88% Since the Pandemic—Now Topping $5.5 Trillion
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On March 18, 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had wealth valued just under $25 billion. By May 2022, his wealth had surged to $255 billion. As of March 18, 2024,...
The Next Generation of Students Demanding Justice for Garment Workers
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Yosef Nelson’s work on international labor solidarity began with the case of Hong Seng Knitting, a garment factory in Thailand found...
Panama Papers trial begins with denials eight years after historic tax evasion exposé
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Eight years after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists...
Institute for Policy Studies Announces Ratification of Collective Bargaining Agreement with Staff Union
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A long-time supporter of labor unions and the labor movement, IPS voluntarily recognized the IPS staff union in 2021. ...
EU efforts to slow the influx of illegal Russian timber marred by poor enforcement
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Tons of Russian timber continue to illegally flow into...
Spyware firm Intellexa hit with US sanctions after Cyprus Confidential exposé
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The United States has sanctioned notorious spyware consortium Intellexa,...
New Report from Americans for Tax Fairness and Institute for Policy Studies Reveals 35...
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Washington, D.C. – Dozens of big profitable corporations paid their top executives more in compensation than they...
China relied on extrajudicial means to force thousands of fugitives to repatriate, human rights...
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Over the past decade China has forcibly repatriated more...
Gaza Shows Food Air Drops Often Take Lives Instead of Saving Them
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SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL – MARCH 10: An Air drop over Gaza as seen from a position on the Israeli side...
Billionaires Can’t Save American Journalism
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America’s media institutions have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad start to 2024. The unfolding crisis has been headlined...
Chilean journalists Daniel Labbé and Josefa Barraza face criminal charges
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México City, April 25, 2024—Chilean authorities must drop criminal charges against journalists Daniel Labbé and Josefa Barraza and ensure journalists can...
National Donor-Advised Funds Are Hiding Behind Donation Processors to Make Themselves Look Better
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National donor-advised fund sponsors — particularly those affiliated with for-profit wealth management firms — often claim that they “democratize giving” by...
Frequently asked questions about the Swazi Secrets investigation
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What is the Swazi Secrets investigation?
Swazi Secrets is a...
Venezuela pulls German TV station Deutsche Welle off the air after critical report
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Bogotá, March 7, 2024—The Venezuelan government must allow German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle and other international news channels to broadcast freely...
Biden’s Populist Budget Marks the Overdue End of Trickle-Down Economics
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A budget that reflects the needs of the people rather than corporate profit and...
Crypto firm moved $4.2m of assets to digital wallet linked to alleged Russian arms...
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A U.K. cryptocurrency firm transferred digital assets worth more...
Comunidad internacional condena fallo en contra de los Defensores del Agua de Santa Marta...
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PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATAContactos de prensa debajoSan Salvador – El miércoles 10 de abril, en San Salvador, en una audiencia preliminar para...
What Lies Beneath the Biden Administration’s Changing ‘Ceasefire’ Language
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The US president is showing no sign of altering his actual policy of unconditional support for Israel...
