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Issues 2006 10

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November 8, 2006

Highlight: Strategic Redeployment

The incoming Congress must tell President Bush it's time to change course in Iraq. Our plan's a good starting point.
October 31, 2006

Expanding Reproductive Choice: Ensuring a Range of Birthing Options for Women

Reproductive choice must also include the ability to choose preferred health care providers for pregnancy, birth, and well-woman health care services.
October 31, 2006

Expanding Learning time in High Schools

Many high schools succeeding at raising student achievement are increasing the amount of time students are in school.
October 31, 2006

What’s Really Scary: Staying the Course Boosts Terrorism

Until the U.S. shifts strategies in Iraq, the only winners will be our terrorist enemy Al Qaeda and its leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zarwahiri.
October 31, 2006

Rumsfeld’s Management Failures

The Defense Secretary fails to manage effectively and efficiently the largest and most well-financed bureaucracy in history.
October 30, 2006

Coverups Lie Behind Hastert's Curtain

Scott Lilly examines links between the House Speaker's staff and a string of cover-ups.
October 30, 2006

Gambling Ban a Bust

Campus Progress on how The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act will shut out many U.S. gamblers from online play.
October 30, 2006

Economic Analysis of the Arizona Minimum Wage Proposal

This effective policy intervention will directly benefit low-wage workers and their families, while widely diffusing costs.
October 27, 2006

What I Learned at Jesus Camp: Freedom, Indoctrination, and Children

Award-winning documentary raises interesting questions about religious and political freedoms.
October 27, 2006

The Slump Deepens

This quarter, the economy expanded at an annualized rate of 1.6 percent, the slowest growth rate since the first quarter of 2003.
October 26, 2006

Think Again: “Oh Never Mind, Mr. President”

Asking the president the tough questions that commentators have been letting slide.
October 26, 2006

What the Public Really Wants on Jobs and the Economy

Teixeira finds that Americans are simultaneously pessimistic and optimistic about the economy.
October 26, 2006

Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy

This new edition examines the role of the federal bureaucracy in formulating U.S. national security policy.
October 26, 2006

The Border between Fear and Security

Today’s bill signing turns its back on a comprehensive solution that could protect our security, economy, and values.
October 25, 2006

Revolt of the Fairly Rich

October 25, 2006

Focus on the Local: Household Debt in the Northwest

Douglas and Sayeed discuss the Center's town hall meeting on debt in Tacoma, Washington.
October 25, 2006

Minding the Stem Cell Gap

The U.S. government can look to the U.K. for an example of research funding and ethical precautions done right.
October 25, 2006

Meet the New Iraq Plan, Same as the Old Iraq Plan

Bush Administration's new timeline for Iraq isn't a plan, it's rhetoric. Alternatives based on facts on the ground could still work.
October 24, 2006

Women & Journalism

October 24, 2006

Private Pensions, Public Good

Campus Progress discusses the National Organizers Alliance's pension plan specially designed for community organizers.
October 23, 2006

Minding the Stem Cell Gap

Policies make international collaboration more difficult and cause a large amount of worldwide funding to be used on less useful lines.
October 23, 2006

Growing Rural Energy

We can combat oil dependence, global warming, and poverty by growing renewable energy solutions on American farms.
October 20, 2006

The Wellness Trust

October 20, 2006

Does the Hyde Amendment Violate Human Rights?

For 30 years, U.S. domestic and international policies have violated the human rights of women at home and abroad.
October 20, 2006

Practical Alternatives

But a tough policy of containment directed at North Korea and Iran, and a change of course in Iraq, would do the trick.
October 19, 2006

Who's Protecting Our Ports?

Unreliable radiation detector devices at US ports will cost us $1.2 billion. That's inexcusable. Consider CAP's plans to protect our homeland.
October 19, 2006

Common Good Reaffirmed: A Vision for America and the World

President Clinton and CAP panel examine the “common good” foundations of American politics and society at Georgetown Univ. event.
October 19, 2006

Think Again: Portraying an Electoral Victory

Mainstream media does America a disservice with its misleading and often ignorant political coverage.
October 18, 2006

New Terrain for the U.S. Military

The deployment of space-based weapons would undermine national security and be an enormous misallocation of defense resources.
October 18, 2006

Liberal Manifesto

October 18, 2006

Shut Up and Sing

Shut Up and Sing details the criticism and abuse that the Dixie Chicks endured for exercising their right to free speech.
October 17, 2006

Finding Quality Teachers for Public Schools: The International Challenge

Panelists at CAP event discuss international solutions to help teacher shortages at home and abroad.
October 17, 2006

Is U.S. In Iraq To Stay?

October 17, 2006

Committing to Climate Change

A new study shows climate change will cost over $20 trillion. By acting now, the U.S. can begin curbing damage and save trillions.
October 16, 2006

Lesson from Abroad

New report examines teacher and principal compensation in other developed countries to find education reforms that work.
October 16, 2006

The Failure of Regime Change

Bush foreign policy fails America, but it’s not too late to change course.
October 16, 2006

The Standardized Pest

Campus Progress discusses crucial developments in the college admissions process.
October 15, 2006

Who's Next to Go Nuclear?

October 15, 2006

Bush Unleashes the Nuclear Beast

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has been one of the most successful pacts in history...until recent U.S. actions.
October 13, 2006

Dignity and Justice for Some?

Hyde Amendment funding restrictions have a devastating impact on the lives of women and families on Medicaid.
October 13, 2006

Latinos and the Progressive Movement

The Hispanic communities’ civic engagement present opportunities and challenges for the progressive movement.
October 13, 2006

A Girl in the War

This young troubadour captures the confusion of the times with his songs, performed at CAP's annual dinner.
October 13, 2006

Worse than FoleyGate

Hastert's dodgy real estate deals certainly don't meet the standards we expect from a member of Congress.
October 13, 2006

Remember the Anthrax Attacks?

It's been five years since those anthrax attacks, yet the U.S. remains vulnerable. We have a plan.
October 12, 2006

Problematic Conclusions

President Bush says economic growth under his watch makes all of us more prosperous. It's not, but it could with key tax reforms.
October 12, 2006

Rosy Rhetoric

Numbers released today indicate none of the success claimed by the Bush administration's communications team.
October 12, 2006

Think Again: Blaming Success, Upholding Failure

Mainstream media mostly fails to hold conservatives accountable for misrepresenting North Korean policy under Bush and Clinton.
October 12, 2006

Arnold at the Wheel

Campus Progress discusses the born-again environmentalism of California's Governor Schwarzenegger.
October 12, 2006

Half Steam Ahead: Federal Inaction Slows Stem Cell Research

The federal government must act quickly to its scientists competitive with the rest of the world.
October 11, 2006

Happy Talk Exposed

The President wants credit for reducing the federal budget deficit. Here's the real story, and a real solution.
October 11, 2006

Stepping Up to Fill the Minimum Wage Gap

With the minimum wage at its lowest level in 50 years, five states use the ballot to push their own initiatives.
October 11, 2006

Quiet Revolution: The Threat of A Right Wing Judiciary

Fundamental rights and freedoms are being threatened by radical, new interpretations of the Constitution.
October 10, 2006

Developing Sustainable Energy Solutions

The Center responds to American concerns over dependence on foreign oil and volatile gas prices.
October 10, 2006

Economic Snapshot for October, 2006

Families are not alone in their debt woes; federal budget deficits soar while the trade deficit continues to run at a high level.
October 10, 2006

A Country That Works

New book featured at Center event calls on unions to recognize competition and adapt to the global economy.
October 9, 2006

Stop North Korea Now

Military, economic, and diplomatic moves must be taken to protect U.S. interests, regional peace, and global nonproliferation.
October 9, 2006

North Korea Nuclear Timeline

Virtually all of North Korea’s nuclear growth has occurred under conservative administrations known for their "strength" on defense.
October 6, 2006

Highlight: The Terrorism Index

The U.S. must devote more attention to Iraq and Afghanistan to win the war against terrorist networks.
October 6, 2006

Consumer Fatigue Weakens Job Growth

Slowdown in consumer spending due to record debt is now taking its toll on employment growth in key sectors of the economy.
October 6, 2006

Afghanistan Five Years On: No Time to Celebrate

The fifth anniversary of our invasion is unfortunately no time to celebrate. But that doesn’t mean we can’t ultimately win.
October 6, 2006

The Hyde Amendment: 30 Years of Violating Women’s Rights

Banning access to federal funds for abortion care leaves our most vulnerable women at risk.
October 6, 2006

Looking to the Future: Improving American Schools Begins Here

Amid declining achievement, CAP details a progressive agenda for closing American education gaps at home and abroad.
October 5, 2006

There’s No Excuse: Americans Need Preventive Health System Overhaul

See CAP's new idea, a Wellness Trust, and reports by other experts on overhauling the American health care system.
October 5, 2006

Watch Out, You Might Be a Supervisor

AFL-CIO directors comment on NLRB decision to allow companies to expand the definition of supervisor.
October 5, 2006

The Hyde Amendment: 30 Years Is Enough

Read a five part series on how limiting federal funds for abortion care harms America’s most vulnerable women.
October 4, 2006

Univision’s Ramos Weighs In

America’s most popular Hispanic TV newsman questions efficacy of immigration bill’s 700-mile fence. He’s right, of course.
October 4, 2006

Kim's Latest Gambit

North Korea’s latest nuclear threat, if acted on, would have grave consequences. The Bush administration needs to change course.
October 4, 2006

A Strike to Worker’s Rights

National Labor Relations Board allows employers to classify more employees as supervisors. That’s just wrong.
October 4, 2006

Rewarding Hard Work

State policy makers must work with the public sector employers and the private sector to bolster pension plans.
October 3, 2006

We Can Do Better

After five years of steady economic growth, Americans shouldn't be struggling to make ends meet.
October 3, 2006

Thinking Points

George Lakoff and the Rockridge Institute release a new handbook for progressive Americans.
October 2, 2006

Undeniable

Woodward book highlights some facts that astound, and others that CAP has been pointing out for a long time.
October 2, 2006

The Secure Fence Act

Final-hour Senate vote to build border fence is purely symbolic and financially unviable.