Recovery Continues Amid Worrisome Trade Deficit
Business investment and consumption are still driving economic recovery, writes Christian E. Weller, but the trade deficit is a source of tension.
Measuring What Matters
Edward Crowe details a new system for holding teacher preparation programs accountable for their graduates' results in the classroom.
Pulling Back the Curtain
Raegen Miller and CAP experts discuss Title I and how to make it work better for students.
Column: Providing All Students with Effective Teachers Will Not Require Forcible Re-assignment
Doing What Works
Survey examines what Americans want from government, while event delves into solutions.
Report: Better, Not Smaller
Report: The Generation Gap on Government
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You've Got Questions, We've Got Experts
Climate and energy expert Daniel J. Weiss is taking questions from CAP Facebook fans for a very special Ask the Expert video.
Civil Rights, Liberties, and Justice | July 30, 2010
Falling Off a Cliff
Ian Millhiser explains why and how Senate obstructionism has made judicial confirmation rates nosedive in the Obama administration.Women's Health & Rights | July 30, 2010
The Other Half
Report from Liz Weiss and Page Gardner discusses how improving the economic situation of unmarried women will help our national economy out of the Great Recession.Health Care | July 30, 2010
The Affordable Care Act’s Repeal Would Leave the Doughnut Hole Open
Repealing the Affordable Care Act would force Medicare Part D enrollees to continue paying high costs for their medication, write Benjamin Hunt and Karen Davenport.Religion & Values | July 30, 2010
Calling Out the Hatemongers
Susan Thistlethwaite discusses the faith activism campaign to challenge hate rhetoric directed at those who champion social justice.Tax Reform | July 29, 2010
Three Good Reasons to Let the High-End Bush Tax Cuts Disappear This Year
Michael Linden and Michael Ettlinger offer three good reasons why we should let the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent expire this year.ALSO FROM THE CENTER
- Breaking the Wall of Climate Opposition: What’s Left in the Senate Energy Bill and Why it Still Matters
- The Law Wins, Extremists Lose: Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law Meets the U.S. Constitution
- What’s Wrong with this Mainstream Media Picture? : Think Again by Eric Alterman
- White Is the New Green: It's Easy Being Green
- Obama Should Speak Up: Race and Beyond by Sam Fulwood III
AT A GLANCE
Health care reform helps close the Medicare "doughnut hole"—starting now.
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ASK THE EXPERT
What Are Tax Expenditures?
Sima Gandhi explains tax expenditures: what they are, what makes them different from other forms of government spending, and how we can rein them in.
PUBLICATIONS
Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis
Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell outline a new Public Health Response Plan to most effectively respond to the next public health crisis the nation faces.
- Now We’re Talking: Report from Alon Cohen and Andrew Jakabovics examines current state-based foreclosure mediation programs and offers proposals for how to bring them to scale.
- Show Us the Money: Report from Sima Gandhi argues that investors deserve clear information about executive compensation and explains how to get there.
- Low-Income Fathers Need to Get Connected: Report from Joy Moses shows how helping low-income fathers will benefit children and families.
