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‘Long Live International Solidarity!’
Words from La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicanas representatives Julio César Flores López and Adriana Barbosa Carranza at our 2026 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards

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Americans Should Reject All State-Sanctioned Murder, Live-Streamed or Not

Last year, the US was 1 of only 17 countries to record an official execution.

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Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment

How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn.

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$55 Billion in Stock Buyback Wealth for Google Oligarchs

A 1982 SEC rule change has turbocharged America’s extreme wealth concentration, adding $55 billion to the wealth piles of Larry Page and Sergey...

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Increasing Portland’s CEO Pay Surtax Would Boost Revenue and Encourage Narrower Pay Gaps

Sarah Anderson testified before the Portland, OR city council about a proposal to increase an existing tax on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay...

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Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment

How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn.

High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess

How taxpayers and commercial passengers subsidize luxury private jet travel.

Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy

How wealthy donors are choosing whether to hoard, fold, or fight.

Executive Excess 2026

CEOs of the 100 largest low-wage corporations enrich themselves while turning a blind eye to policies harming their workers.

A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families

Policy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions.

SYMPOSIUM ROUNDUP: Forging a Democracy That Works for All

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our third annual Wallace Symposium.

BLUEPRINT: Forging a Democracy that Works for All

Countering the power of billionaires, corporations, and the Pentagon

Alternate Route: New Pathways to Better Jobs in Alabama Through Public Transit

Alabama has one of the country’s largest workforce shortages. Public transit is key to closing it.

The True Cost of the Military in Hawaiʻi

A comprehensive analysis of the economic, environmental, strategic, and social impacts of the U.S. military presence in Hawaiʻi

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$54 Billion for Killer Robots? A Look Into DAWG

A federal budget that truly reflects the needs of its people should not allocate disproportionate funding for an autonomous weapons program.
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Trump Bill for Mass Deportations: $268.9 Billion, and Counting

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AUDIO: Lindsay Koshgarian on WBUR’s On Point — Does the U.S. Really Need a $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget?

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What Could We Do Instead of Spending Another $73 Billion for War?

Providing more money to the Pentagon now will prolong the Iran war and continue to underfund programs that Americans need.
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Massachusetts Should Lift Its Ban on Rent Control

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Massachusetts proves that progressive taxes do not cause ultra-wealthy flight.
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Meet Our New Private Jet Tracking Initiative

The new Tax Private Jets campaign from the IPS Private Jet Accountability Project will keep the heat on wealthy polluters — and track...
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Fund Families, Not Cruel Crackdowns

As working Americans struggle, the money for ICE’s cruelty comes right out of SNAP and Medicaid.
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SNAP Cuts Take More Than Food Away

For my family, SNAP meant one less impossible choice at the end of the month. Millions are now losing that lifeline.
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DC Council Punts Wealth Tax Debate to the Fall

The DC Council plans to consider a wealth proceeds tax in September, rather than this summer.

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