Five signs of hope
April 22, 2026 Home Subscribe Open in Browser A weekly newsletter from the Institute for Policy Studies Five signs of hope, green extraction tensions, and Earth Day inequality These are dark times. But a wise community organizer once told me that people mobilize out of hope, not despair. So let’s start today with five spirit-lifters: Victory over Viktor: Hungarian voters have proved that a people, united, can unseat a crony capitalist despot. During his 16-year rule, Viktor Orbán funneled $24 billion in EU aid to 13 oligarchs while worker wages were stagnating. Jury declares Live Nation/Ticketmaster a monopoly: This ruling will be even sweeter if the CEO of this corporate giant, Michael Rapino, ends up having to face ...
