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It was impossible to be ready for 2020.
But at IPS, our decades of deep research, bold ideas, and progressive movement connections equipped us for more of the year's challenges than we ever thought we'd have to be...
But at IPS, our decades of deep research, bold ideas, and progressive movement connections equipped us for more of the year's challenges than we ever thought we'd have to be...
When #billionaires began profiteering off the devastating #pandemic, we had the research ready.
Our week-by-week tracking of billionaires' wealth gains made headlines across the nation, exposing their exploitation to millions. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/24/billionaires-coronavirus-not-in-the-same-boat
Our week-by-week tracking of billionaires' wealth gains made headlines across the nation, exposing their exploitation to millions. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/24/billionaires-coronavirus-not-in-the-same-boat
When Trump attacked our public #USPS, we had the research ready.
Our years of postal privatization tracking and work with the American Postal Workers' Union @APWUnational were massively cited as the country came together to #SaveTheUSPS. https://inequality.org/great-divide/trump-postal-service-bailout/
Our years of postal privatization tracking and work with the American Postal Workers' Union @APWUnational were massively cited as the country came together to #SaveTheUSPS. https://inequality.org/great-divide/trump-postal-service-bailout/
When the #COVID crisis deepened our nation's massive #RacialWealthDivide, we had the research ready.
Years of previous work allowed us to rapidly publish 8 policy solutions that would reduce this devastating divide while providing #COVIDrelief for all. https://ips-dc.org/white-supremacy-preexisting-condition-eight-solutions-economic-recovery-racial-wealth-divide/
Years of previous work allowed us to rapidly publish 8 policy solutions that would reduce this devastating divide while providing #COVIDrelief for all. https://ips-dc.org/white-supremacy-preexisting-condition-eight-solutions-economic-recovery-racial-wealth-divide/
When Trump lied that years of #TradeWars and #tariffs have been good for U.S. workers, we had the research ready.
We exposed the truth on how U.S. trade policy has closed plants, offshored jobs, and failed U.S. #workers—and how to fix it. https://ips-dc.org/how-us-trade-policy-failed-workers/
We exposed the truth on how U.S. trade policy has closed plants, offshored jobs, and failed U.S. #workers—and how to fix it. https://ips-dc.org/how-us-trade-policy-failed-workers/
When the Movement for Black Lives forced a reckoning with #PoliceBrutality, we had the research ready.
Our data showed the damage #SROs do to Black, brown, LGBTQ+, & students w disabilities, and showed true #SchoolSafety looks like #RestorativeJustice. https://ips-dc.org/report-reimagining-school-safety/
Our data showed the damage #SROs do to Black, brown, LGBTQ+, & students w disabilities, and showed true #SchoolSafety looks like #RestorativeJustice. https://ips-dc.org/report-reimagining-school-safety/
When the #ClimateCrisis continued to worsen, we had the research ready.
Our #NoWarmingNoWar primer showed the structural damage #militarism inflicts on our #climate & urgently stressed that saving the planet means ending our #wars. https://ips-dc.org/climate-militarism-primer/
Our #NoWarmingNoWar primer showed the structural damage #militarism inflicts on our #climate & urgently stressed that saving the planet means ending our #wars. https://ips-dc.org/climate-militarism-primer/
When peaceful #protest became an increasingly life-and-death tool, we had the research ready.
Our reporting exposed the quiet, toxic spread of laws *criminalizing* protest through 13+ states, fueled by corporate influence over lawmakers. https://ips-dc.org/report-muzzling-dissent/
Our reporting exposed the quiet, toxic spread of laws *criminalizing* protest through 13+ states, fueled by corporate influence over lawmakers. https://ips-dc.org/report-muzzling-dissent/
When the #COVID pandemic brought pre-existing crises to the breaking point, we had the research ready.
Input from 70+ leading progressive voices around the world helped form a bold vision of a #PandemicPivot from a dark present to a better future. https://ips-dc.org/report-pandemic-pivot/
Input from 70+ leading progressive voices around the world helped form a bold vision of a #PandemicPivot from a dark present to a better future. https://ips-dc.org/report-pandemic-pivot/
And when #EssentialWorkers were forced to risk their lives, we had the means to uplift them ready.
Our OtherWords editorial service put vital firsthand stories of #COVID injustices in hundreds of newspapers across the U.S., in red & blue states alike. https://otherwords.org/going-back-to-work-in-a-pandemic/
Our OtherWords editorial service put vital firsthand stories of #COVID injustices in hundreds of newspapers across the U.S., in red & blue states alike. https://otherwords.org/going-back-to-work-in-a-pandemic/
These are just a few highlights—we put out analysis on #ForeignPolicy and #DomesticWorkers, #StudentDebt and the #PentagonBudget, #Border militarization and #Healthcare.
We worked with incredible allies from @UniteThePoor to @UNITEDWEDREAM to the @WeBuildProgress, and many more.
We worked with incredible allies from @UniteThePoor to @UNITEDWEDREAM to the @WeBuildProgress, and many more.
And we couldn't have done it without you.
Please help us continue to do what we love: Working every day to be the trusted research arm of social movements.
Turning bold ideas into action that uplifts us all.
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Please help us continue to do what we love: Working every day to be the trusted research arm of social movements.
Turning bold ideas into action that uplifts us all.
This #GivingTuesday
, please donate to IPS:https://secure.everyaction.com/Tj4EiRD0lUSu0zwEdLCe4g2
