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Since 1963, the Institute for Policy Studies has challenged inequality, corporate power, polluters, and militarism. Find us at https://nitter.cf/t.co/JcCFbOdcJs.

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We unapologetically support movements to resist fascism and win transformational progressive change — and we have done so for over 60 years. For the full scope of timely analysis from IPS public scholars now and in months to come, follow us at bsky.app/profile/ips-dc.org.
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Taxing the ultra-wealthy is a popular idea among the public. Yet this election cycle, a handful of California billionaires are spending big to stop a proposition that would impose a one-time 5% tax on their accumulated fortunes. @Chuck99to1 on OtherWords otherwords.org/what-are-bill…
What Are Billionaires So Afraid Of? A 5 Percent Tax, Apparently - OtherWords

What Are Billionaires So Afraid Of? A 5 Percent Tax, Apparently - OtherWords

California voters are considering a one-time, 5 percent billionaire wealth tax. The billionaires spending big to oppose it have seen their wealth grow 64 percent.

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Washington under Trump has imposed tariffs and clashed with Lula over visas. A new Congress could constrain what the administration does next toward Brazil. fpif.org/democracy-wins-in-b…
Democracy Wins in Brazil! - FPIF

Democracy Wins in Brazil! - FPIF

Lula comes from behind to defeat the far right.

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We can help shape the future we want our children to inherit this election. And with millions of families depending on caregivers every day, the stakes are deeply personal. Danielle Atkinson of @MJActionFund and Dr. Kelly Little in @inequalityorg: inequality.org/article/care-…
Care Is on the Ballot. So Is Our Right to Have a Say.

Care Is on the Ballot. So Is Our Right to Have a Say.

We can help shape the future we want our children to inherit this election. And with millions of families depending on caregivers every day, the stakes are deeply personal.

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We all deserve food. We all deserve access to health care. We all deserve quality education. We all deserve for our hard-earned taxes to fund our communities, not reckless wars or corporate giveaways. We all deserve a say in our lives. Vote today.
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IPS mourns the loss of Isabel Morel De Letelier, a gentle giant of the human rights and women’s movements who died Friday in Santiago, Chile. Isabel turned the assassination of her husband into a force for justice, never losing hope. Her legacy lives on. ips-dc.org/remembering-isabe…
Remembering Isabel Letelier, Who Turned a Tragedy into a Global Movement for Human Rights -...

Remembering Isabel Letelier, Who Turned a Tragedy into a Global Movement for Human Rights -...

Remembering Isabel Letelier, Who Turned a Tragedy into a Global Movement for Human Rights

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If you’ve been struggling to afford housing, healthcare, or even groceries lately, there’s good news: these are the result of bad policy choices. And that means you have the power to affect those choices through your vote. otherwords.org/are-you-hurti…
Are You Hurting in This Economy? You Need to Vote - OtherWords

Are You Hurting in This Economy? You Need to Vote - OtherWords

Most working people are hurting right now. Voting is part of how we fix it.

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While AI giant Anthropic touts its new philanthropy, IPS scholar @bdevaan urges keeping a focus on "actually achiev[ing] charitable aims." “Their wealth belongs to the public in the first place — it’s created by the country and there’s a sort of social wage owed to people."
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@GlennGamboa in @ap: apnews.com/article/anthropic…
Anthropic expands AI support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares to the public

Anthropic expands AI support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares to the public

Anthropic expands its support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares publicly for the first time.

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New polling with @IPS_DC finds that a majority of voters (53%) have a negative view of private jets being used to transport politicians to campaign events.
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Have a Negative Opinion of Private Jet Use for Transporting Celebrities, Politicians, and Wealthy People for Leisure. Description: Do you have a positive or negative opinion of private jets being used for each of the following purposes? To transport medical patients or medical materials (such as organ donations) for medical emergencies — Positive: 84%, Negative: 8% To deliver disaster relief supplies, rescue crews, and evacuees to areas commercial flights can't reach — Positive: 83%, Negative: 8% To transport sports teams for sporting events — Positive: 50%, Negative: 36% To transport animals, including pet dogs and race horses — Positive: 46%, Negative: 36% <strong>[SPLIT A]</strong> To transport company executives for business purposes — Positive: 39%, Negative: 46% To transport celebrities to events, such as concerts — Positive: 33%, Negative: 52% To transport politicians to campaign events — Positive: 32% Negative: 53%

ALT Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Have a Negative Opinion of Private Jet Use for Transporting Celebrities, Politicians, and Wealthy People for Leisure. Description: Do you have a positive or negative opinion of private jets being used for each of the following purposes? To transport medical patients or medical materials (such as organ donations) for medical emergencies — Positive: 84%, Negative: 8% To deliver disaster relief supplies, rescue crews, and evacuees to areas commercial flights can't reach — Positive: 83%, Negative: 8% To transport sports teams for sporting events — Positive: 50%, Negative: 36% To transport animals, including pet dogs and race horses — Positive: 46%, Negative: 36% <strong>[SPLIT A]</strong> To transport company executives for business purposes — Positive: 39%, Negative: 46% To transport celebrities to events, such as concerts — Positive: 33%, Negative: 52% To transport politicians to campaign events — Positive: 32% Negative: 53%

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Proponents claim that the "permitting reform" bill they're pushing is good for the climate. The bill's endorsement by the American Petroleum Institute says otherwise. commondreams.org/opinion/per…
‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams

‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams

Making it easier to build data centers and fossil fuel infrastructure benefits no one except Big Tech and Big Oil. A bipartisan group of Senators wants to do it anyway.

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NEW: Netanyahu or not, we must not let Israel’s elections become an excuse for U.S. lawmakers to go back to “business as usual” with the Israeli government while it continues a genocide, warns IPS scholar @PhyllisBennis on @AJEnglish.
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Watch the full segment: aljazeera.com/video/inside-s…

What are the implications of Israel’s elections?

No clear winner in Israel's first election since the October 7 attacks and genocidal war in Gaza.

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NEW: We found 22 California billionaires vocally funding opposition to the one-time 5% billionaire wealth tax that would help fund state health care programs. Their collective wealth has grown 64% in 20 months(!). Rein in this greed. Pass the tax.
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When you hear their baleful cries, echoing from the superyachts and private jets, reassure them: “It’s going to be OK. You’ll have 95% of your billions and tens of thousands of your neighbors will have health care. You will get over this.” @Chuck99to1: otherwords.org/what-are-bill…
What Are Billionaires So Afraid Of? A 5 Percent Tax, Apparently - OtherWords

What Are Billionaires So Afraid Of? A 5 Percent Tax, Apparently - OtherWords

California voters are considering a one-time, 5 percent billionaire wealth tax. The billionaires spending big to oppose it have seen their wealth grow 64 percent.

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Lula's work with movements has inspired us for decades. May it inspire and uplift many others to come. 🎉 #LulaPresidente
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NEW: Sunday’s election victory in Serbia emerged from a leaderless movement based on collective self-governance and political education, unseen in the Serbian political arena since the collapse of Yugoslavia. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
A leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching | Aleksandar Matkovic

A leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching | Aleksandar Matkovic

I saw a remarkable experiment take shape in Belgrade. Its lessons should be studied by other European countries struggling with unrest, says Serbian academic Aleksandar Matkovic

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NEW: AI giant Anthropic is a "public benefit corporation." But that may not mean much without tax reform and a change in “the public permissiveness toward billionaire power in America,” says IPS scholar @bdevaan in @AP: apnews.com/article/anthropic…
Anthropic expands AI support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares to the public

Anthropic expands AI support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares to the public

Anthropic expands its support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares publicly for the first time.

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Rest in peace, Dolores Huerta. 🕊 We will continue to be guided by her decades of pathbreaking labor organizing.
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Scientific consensus states that we must stop building all fossil fuel infrastructure. A group of senators — both Democrat and Republican — is pushing a bill to fast-track it. No new fossil fuels. NO to "permitting reform."
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U.S. Senators Capito (R-WV), Lee (R-UT), Whitehouse (D-RI), and Heinrich (D-NM) introduced this bill last month. It's nothing more than a giveaway to fossil fuels and data center developers. commondreams.org/opinion/per…
‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams

‘Permitting Reform’ Is a Giveaway to Data Centers and Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams

Making it easier to build data centers and fossil fuel infrastructure benefits no one except Big Tech and Big Oil. A bipartisan group of Senators wants to do it anyway.

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