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Peace & Foreign Policy
NEW: In 2025, the average American’s income taxes funded $4,049 for war and weapons and only $2,492 for Medicaid
The latest Tax Receipt from the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies shows that far more tax dollars went to war and weapons instead of addressing the cost of living crisis.
Peace & Foreign Policy
Trump’s Budget Has Endless Funds for War, but Not Much to Help Americans
“The President looked at the country, with our rising gas prices and nearly half of us struggling to afford basic necessities, and decided what we really need is a bigger war budget.”
Economic Justice
New Report Analyzes America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis
The detailed analysis shows how these firms are enriching their CEOs while paying their workers so little that a significant share have to rely on SNAP and Medicaid and struggle to afford other basic necessities.
Economic Justice
Organizaciones sociales nacionales e internacionales lanzan pronunciamiento contra el retorno de Honduras al CIADI
El regreso a este tribunal internacional de arbitraje representa una grave amenaza para la soberanía nacional, los derechos colectivos y la capacidad del Estado hondureño de tomar decisiones en favor del interés público.
Economic Justice
Honduran and international allies issue statement denouncing Honduras’ return to ICSID
Returning to this international arbitration tribunal threatens national sovereignty, collective rights, and the Honduran state’s ability to make decisions in favor of the public interest.
Climate Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy
Aliados Internacionales contra la Minería en El Salvador aplaude la confirmación oficial del veredicto de inocencia en el segundo juicio de los Cinco de Santa Marta; condena la posible responsabilidad civil.
Aunque los cinco defensores del agua han sido declarados inocentes por segunda vez, tres de ellos podrían enfrentarse a una posible responsabilidad civil.
IPS in the news
Craigslist founder says his inspiration for donating $450 million started in Sunday school: ‘I should treat people like I want to be treated’
Fortune cited IPS’s research on the impact of 15 years of the Giving Pledge in an in-depth profile of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark.
Washington state has no income tax. It just passed one for millionaires that could be a model for other states.
Omar Ocampo tells Fast Company there’s no evidence that higher state tax rates on the wealthy cause people to leave.
Blaming the billionaire class
Chuck Collins discusses how billionaire wealth harms our everyday lives and why we must rein in extreme wealth by taxing the rich fairly.
The Billionaire Backlash Against a Philanthropic Dream
The New York Times cites IPS’s research on how many billionaire Giving Pledge signers have yet to live up to their promise to give away most of their wealth.
Warren Slams Trump for Iran War Costing ‘American Taxpayers $11,500 Per Second’
An estimated cost of $1 billion per day for the Iran war is “higher than the appropriated budget of any federal agency except the Pentagon itself.”
“A giant mess”: Trump’s war in Ecuador won’t slow the flow of drugs into the US
“We spent probably about $2 trillion in my lifetime by now on this drug war, and the drugs are winning.”
