Institute for Policy Studies

05/27/2026

NEW: Hawaiʻi is central to the Trump administration’s planned military buildup against China. A groundbreaking new report shows what the military presence in Hawaiʻi actually costs.

Join this eye-opening report launch on Monday, June 1 with Hawaiian treats at Busboys and Poets!

Speakers include:

Jon Osorio, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Davis Price, NDNCollective
Neta Crawford, The Costs of War
David Vine

Mod. by IPS fellow Christine Ahn

Join us for the release of the ground breaking report on how U.S. military impact on Hawaiʻis economic, environmental, strategic, and social conditions.

05/27/2026

NEW: The unprovoked Iran War launched by Trump has cost Americans nearly $50 billion at the gas pump. The average U.S. household has paid an extra $360 in fuel costs since it began.

This war has cost too much.

05/21/2026

Enough. People over AI.

05/20/2026

NEW: When Trump imposed broad, reckless tariffs last year, companies quickly passed the higher prices on to consumers.

While companies get refunds, families are *still* overpaying. Americans deserve relief, too.

05/19/2026

NEW: Trump bombing Iran “back to the stone ages” is part of 75+ years of the U.S. using airstrikes as a primary tool of foreign policy.

All the bombs in the world cannot build peace. We don’t need more war. We must invest in diplomacy.

05/15/2026

NEW: This Monday, IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis laid bare the costs of U.S. militarism in Washington, D.C. with stark statistics published by IPS researchers.

At the National Moral Monday Coordinated Peace Rallies organized by , Bennis and other speakers gathered to to challenge a nation that “continues to spend billions on war while people suffer at home and abroad,” standing against what organizers call the “normalcy of destruction.”

🔗 Watch more at the link in our bio.

05/13/2026

VICTORY: After residents furiously revolted this week, a town in New Jersey backed out of building a new data center. Now, they may ban them altogether.

Billionaires want data centers.
Communities do not.

05/11/2026

NEW: We all deserve quality care as we age. But private equity is buying up nursing homes — and studies show higher mortality rates and increased costs.

Elder care shouldn’t be run for CEO greed. Protect public care.

05/11/2026

NEW: Days ago, Colombia and the Netherlands convened the first ever(!) international diplomatic conference on ending fossil fuels.

While Trump pushes us deeper into pollution for profit, others are leading the way out. Let’s follow.

05/06/2026

NEW: Not only do AI data centers bring air and noise pollution, but almost 60% of their power comes from fossil fuels — keeping us hooked on yet more wars for oil.

Profit-driven AI is not our future.
NO to new data centers.