Cultivating the Next Crop of America’s Farmers
America’s farmers are aging. To avoid a crisis, we need to lower the economic barriers of entry for young farmers.
Environment
The Big Money Behind the Fight to Ban Responsible Investing
The fossil fuel industry and other corporations are funding the campaign against responsible investing (ESG) to protect profits at the expense of workers and our environment.
The Power of Fiction in Social Change
Institute for Policy Studies Executive Director Tope Folarin and Chuck Collins were both inspired by Ursula K. LeGuin to write fiction novels. Together they explore how can fiction shape new narratives for the future.
55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
New fact sheets by the Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S. state.
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
We praise charity efforts to combat climate change in countries like Bangladesh as generous, without critiquing why they are made necessary in the first place.
Create a Congressional Climate Tribunal to Investigate Corporate Deniers
We have the right to know what Exxon officials knew -- and when they knew it.
The Post Office Can Bring People-Centered Public Banking to Every ZIP Code
The private banking industry either can’t or won’t do what needs to be done to stop preying on vulnerable people.
Can Auto Industry Execs Give Us a Climate-Safe Planet?
Not if they keep chasing after jaw-dropping personal fortunes.
Is Mining Money Behind the Arrest of Salvadoran Water Defenders?
The five detainees include leaders of the campaign that won the world’s first metals mining ban in 2017 -- a ban the cash-strapped government may be moving to overturn.