April 4th is an anniversary that I suspect many people in the U.S., including those in government, would prefer that people ignored
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Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
Our nation can realize a future that is equitable and ecologically balanced, but to do so we must build a movement supported by a broad base of citizens committed to transformative change. We will work together towards these ends.
When my father immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the mid-1980s, his first job was washing dishes at a Furr's Fresh Buffet restaurant in New Mexico. It paid the state-mandated minimum wage of $2.90 per hour.
Mark your calendars for a great weekend to extol 50 years of the Institute for Policy Studies being an independent center of thought and action in the nation's capital!
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Column
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March 20 - It's time for some serious spring cleaning at the Pentagon. By William A. Collins and Emily Schwartz Greco
Blog
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March 19 - The U.S. war in Iraq may be over, but we owe an apology to all those who suffered from the war. By Phyllis Bennis
Op-Ed
Defense Braces for a Bad Decade
March 3 - Rather than just sitting on the sidelines, watching in anxiety and frustration as this Washington catfight proceeds, defense-dependent communities and workers should get going on the proverbial Plan B. By Miriam Pemberton
Op-Ed
A Plateful of Justice
March 27 - The people who wash your dishes and the folks who cook and serve your food deserve better. By Javier Rojo
Report
Report: Closing the Inequality Divide
March 20 - A new IPS report lays out a strategy for fostering Genuine Progress in Maryland. By John Talberth
Op-Ed
Inequality Is Hurting Us All
March 20 - If the levels of greater income equality of 1968 still prevailed today, the poorest fifth of Marylanders would be earning twice what they take home now. By John Cavanagh, published in Common Dreams
Commentary
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March 14 - Nearly 20 years since NAFTA went into effect, its empty promises have been laid bare for the people of Mexico. By Manuel Perez-Rocha and Javier Rojo, published in The Eurasia Review and The Albany Tribune and Common Dreams and Truthout
Report
Report: Inequality in the Social Security Debate
March 12 - How benefit cuts would impact health industry CEOs versus home health aides. By Sarah Anderson and Scott Klinger
Commentary
Wall Street's Climate Finance Bonanza
April 10 - An elite group of developed countries appears to be on the brink of instigating yet another corporate handout and big bank giveaway--this time in the name of fighting climate change. By Janet Redman and Antonio Tricarico
Open Letter
Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
April 3 - Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
Open Letter
Labor and Environmental Leaders Move Beyond Differences to a Common Vision
March 27 - Our nation can realize a future that is equitable and ecologically balanced, but to do so we must build a movement supported by a broad base of citizens committed to transformative change. We will work together towards these ends. By James Gustave Speth and Joe Uehlein
Open Letter
Civil Society to Green Climate Fund: Don't Shut Us Out!
March 12 - The active and engaged participation of civil society at the Board and country level is essential for creating an effective, equitable and environmentally sound Fund that can be responsive to the differentiated needs of men and women, minorities and indigenous peoples increasingly impacted by climate change.
Blog
Interview with Janet Redman, IPS, on the Green Climate Fund
March 11 - As meetings begin in Berlin, Germany, Redman says that the Green Climate Fund must be focused on meeting the needs of people in developing countries, not maximizing corporate profit. By Lacy MacAuley