Why I Got Arrested This Summer (And You Should, Too)
With 43 percent of Americans in or near poverty, most of us know there’s something deeply wrong with our democracy. Will we stand up for it?
Five Powerful Families
We’ve reached the point where a handful of extraordinarily wealthy clans essentially have the power to suffocate our democracy.
Minimum Wage? It’s Time to Talk About a Maximum Wage
Conservatives try to laugh off the idea of capping executive pay – but it’s an idea with a distinguished history.
Inside the Heated Battle Over D.C.’s Sub-Minimum Tipped Wage
Misinformation abounds as the restaurant industry pours its resources into defeating Initiative 77.
The Poor People’s Campaign Goes to Congress
Some politicians are finding ways to lift up the voices of Americans struggling with poverty and inequality without grabbing the limelight for themselves.
Author Event: Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America
Author Alissa Quart, in conversation with author and IPS board member Barbara Ehrenreich will will discuss and sign her new book that “anatomizes the middle class’s fall while also offering solutions and hope.”
Daring Democracy and Reversing Inequality
Chuck Collins wiill speak on “Strengthing Democracy and What the Path is Forward.
Hundreds of Poor People’s Campaign Activists Got Themselves Arrested for Racial Justice
While some white people were calling the cops on people of color, others joined them — and members of every other community — in a huge sweep of actions in state capitals.
While the World’s Billionaire’s Evade Taxes and Swing Clubs, the Poor Pick Up the Slack
From Hong Kong to Los Angeles, people of ordinary means are squeezing into expensive housing and subsidizing country clubs for the golfing super rich.
Inside “The Souls of Poor Folk” Moral Audit with Co-Author
“The Poor People’s Campaign was a project first introduced by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, who was assassinated months after he announced it. It has been restarted by the Reverends William Barber and Liz Theoharis. The revived campaign kicks off...
Film: Served Like a Girl
An IPS and Indie Lens Pop-Up Film and community conversation about a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of homeless women veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and suffer from PTSD, sexual abuse, and other traumas.
Poor People’s Campaign Gears Up for Mother’s Day Launch
A major new report makes the case for a “fusion movement” against systemic racism, poverty and inequality, miltarism and the war economy, and ecological devastation.
The Fake Frugality of the Fabulously Fortunate
Scratch a grand fortune, one common media trope likes to suggest, and you’ll find a frugal lifestyle.
King’s Dream Included Economic Equality, Too
The late leader didn’t just criticize racial segregation. He called for an end to economic injustice.
Radical New Leaders Are Reviving Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign
The movement looks to rebuild the cross-racial civil rights alliance disintegrated during a half-century of counter-revolution. Their radical vision is more necessary than ever.