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December 4, 2006
The Supreme Court and School Desegregation
Panel debates new report by Doug Harris that shows desegregated learning environments are better for minority students.
December 1, 2006
Consumer Debt: A Christmas Story
CAP’s Christian Weller and Derek Douglas weigh the impact of record consumer debt levels on this season’s holiday spending.
November 30, 2006
Paper Tigers and Killer Air
New report shows that many Americans live in areas with unsafe smog levels and offers solutions for raising air quality back to safe levels.
November 30, 2006
Pushing for Action on Climate Change
Supreme Court case decision could force the Bush administration to take required action to curb global warming.
November 30, 2006
Think Again: Defining Civil War Up
Experts agree that Iraq is in a civil war, but somehow that doesn’t seem to stop mainstream media and the White House from saying otherwise.
November 30, 2006
Time to Implement New Iraq Strategy
Now more than ever, the United States needs to move swiftly to disengage our troops from Iraq and redeploy 20,000 soldiers to Afghanistan.
November 29, 2006
Safety Sells
New report argues that we need an incentive-based system of disclosure to effectively influence credit card companies.
November 29, 2006
The Road Not Yet Taken
If the justices force the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, they could point America down a new sustainable energy road and become global warming heroes.
November 29, 2006
Lost Learning, Forgotten Promises
New report provides a national analysis of school racial segregation, student achievement, and “controlled choice” plans.
November 29, 2006
Troops and Resources Are Stretching Thin
The United States cannot fight global terrorist networks effectively without redeploying troops from Iraq to focus more energy on Afghanistan.
November 29, 2006
Ensuring that FISA is Legal and Effective
The incoming Congress must work to ensure that the federal government is not violating Americans’ rights with warrantless wiretapping.
November 28, 2006
Hungry is Hungry
Semantics will not solve the real problem: 35 million Americans going hungry is 35 million too many.
November 28, 2006
Renewing America’s Commitment in Afghanistan
With Bush’s international credibility low due to Iraq, the U.S. will have to step up and renew its commitment to bring security back to Afghanistan.
November 28, 2006
100 Days Agenda
The Center for American Progress Action Fund offers new ideas and policies for the 110th Congress during its first 100 days and beyond.
November 27, 2006
Next Steps for Stem Cells in Congress
November 22, 2006
Creating a Fairer Tax Code
By Changing to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, the new Congress can make the economy fairer for all.
November 22, 2006
Bill O'Reilly's Misinformation Campaign
November 22, 2006
Kansas’ Unexpected Progressivism
Kansas undermines the notion that some parts of the country are beyond the progressive movement’s organizing reach.
November 21, 2006
Recommended Reading
November 21, 2006
The Real Values Voters
The common misconception that conservatives have an electoral monopoly on “values voters” is crumbling.
November 21, 2006
The Not-So-Silent Stem Cell Majority
The national government would do well to heed the example set by the states on supporting embryonic stem cell research.
November 21, 2006
Korb Discusses Parallels Between Iraq and Vietnam
November 21, 2006
Making the Economy Fairer with Universal 401(k)
Universal 401(k) ensures access to a savings account while also promoting the U.S. economy as a whole.
November 20, 2006
The Ill-fated Vietnam Trade Bill
The United States must recommit to a process-oriented, positive, and progressive policy that promotes trade for the common good.
November 20, 2006
Safety First
Before increasing troop numbers in Iraq, the Department of Defense should ensure that troops already there have adequate resources.
November 20, 2006
A Federal Role in Closing the Education Gap
Center event debates new report on decreasing dropout rates in American high schools.
November 20, 2006
Economic Snapshot for November
Personal and federal debt burdens jeopardize our economic opportunity and contribute to the slowing economy.
November 17, 2006
Wanted: A New Kind of U.N. Ambassador
With Bolton’s ousting near certain, what qualities should we be looking for in a new nominee?
November 17, 2006
Poverty Still Plagues America: Center’s Poverty Task Force Begins Search for Solutions
Latest poverty findings show racial disparities persist, buttressing the Center’s renewed push for solutions by our Task Force on Poverty.
November 17, 2006
Attacks on Our Courts: Justice O’Connor’s Warning
Event at the Center discusses recent attacks on America's courts; panelist offer historical context and advice.
November 17, 2006
The $871,000 Job Subsidy
The current administration has invented one of the most expensive—and least effective—job creation programs in U.S. history.
November 17, 2006
Addressing America’s Dropout Challenge
By working with states, the federal government can begin effectively increasing graduation rates now.
November 17, 2006
Committee Hearing Calls for Direct Talks with North Korea
Direct negotiations are clearly not a partisan issue, but the only feasible option to deal with the threat of a nuclear Korean peninsula.
November 16, 2006
Think Again: So Who’s “The Decider?”
Certainly Rumsfeld isn’t innocent when it comes to Iraq, but has the press forgotten who the commander-in-chief is?
November 16, 2006
Cruisin' With Miltie
Eric Altermen shares personal memory of Milton Friedman, whose legacy modern-day "conservatives" have left in tatters.
November 15, 2006
Calling for Justice
Bishops should give clear moral guidance on today’s most important social, economic, and foreign policy issues.
November 15, 2006
Podesta Talks Turducken
John Podesta and Anthony Bourdain talk oysters, pigs, fugu fish, and how everyone will eat better with Nancy Pelosi as Speaker.
November 15, 2006
Fix the Nuclear Trade Deal with India
A lame duck session is no time to consider the Bush administration's nuclear assistance deal with India. This pact requires more review.
November 15, 2006
Redemption in 100 Days or Less
With a new Congress, everyone will be allowed a fresh start. It it just up to Congress to accept their mandate.
November 14, 2006
In the States, Conservatism Fails
Across the country, progressive ideas carried state representatives and governors to victory in support of the common good.
November 14, 2006
Media Again Fails Our Democracy
Iraq coverage makes the difference in congressional elections, not election coverage or political ads.
November 14, 2006
Building an Effective Strategy in Iran
U.S. has nothing to lose and everything to gain from entering into direct diplomacy with Iran.
November 14, 2006
Prop 87 Gets 86ed
Campus Progress on the California ballot proposition that would have taxed the oil industry to invest in renewable energy.
November 14, 2006
The Role of Brain Research in National Defense
November 14, 2006
Health Care for Automakers: A Progressive Priority for America
The Big Three carmakers face rising health care costs that crimp their competitiveness. Congress needs to act on our innovative proposal.
November 13, 2006
When In Rome (or Wisconsin)
The current stem cell patent dispute between California and Wisconsin highlights the underlying problems with relying on states to fund basic research.
November 13, 2006
Poor Initiative
Tuesday's results should put to rest once and for all the myth that anti-gay marriage initiatives exert a significant effect on other political races.
November 13, 2006
Pushing for Bipartisan Solutions on Immigration
New Congress should not shy away from comprehensive bipartisan immigration solutions favored by Americans and the president.
November 13, 2006
Catholics and the Common Good
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops should follow its increasingly progressive flock at its national meeting in Baltimore this week.
November 13, 2006
Africa's Kyoto Stakes: Continent Needs Carbon Emissions Trading
Kyoto Protocol’s market-based environmental push can help Africa fight poverty and global warming.
November 9, 2006
Think Again: Back to 9/11: Was Condi a Friend in Need?
Why hasn’t more investigation been done into 9/11 Commission Chairman Zalikow’s close relationship with Secretary Rice?
November 9, 2006
Time for National Change on Minimum Wage
Minimum wage’s clean sweep is a call to the new Congress to take serious action to raise wages nationally.
November 9, 2006
Health Reform: A Top Priority for Policy Makers
CAP and CAPAF launch a multi-faceted health initiative to promote health care reform in elections.
November 9, 2006
One Small Step for Missouri, One Giant Leap for Stem-Cell Research
November 8, 2006
Stem Cells Figure Prominently in 2006 Election
Many candidates touted their support for embryonic stem cell research—now they must make good on their promises.
November 8, 2006
Statement on Rumsfeld's Resignation
Rumsfeld's resignation is a long overdue first step toward developing a new strategy in the war on global terrorist networks.
November 8, 2006
The Kids Are Alright
Campus Progress responds to youth voter turnout: Tuesday was a day of victory for youth engagement in American democracy.
November 8, 2006
Extreme Abortion Positions Rejected
Criminalizing abortion is not an effective solution. Addressing comprehensive health needs is.
November 6, 2006
Where's Osama? The Bush Administration Has No Idea
After 9/11, America wanted Osama bin Laden dead or alive. President Bush missed his mark, but it's not too late to finish the job.
November 6, 2006
The 65 Percent Deception
The 65 Percent Solution forgoes real solutions for funding reallocation, but 65 percent of inadequate is still inadequate.
November 3, 2006
Still Waiting for the Labor Market Resurgence
America is experiencing the lowest job creation rates of any business cycle since the Great Depression, with no labor booms in sight.
November 3, 2006
Continuing the Slump
After the housing bubble, job growth and GDP growth are low, and increased business investment isn’t enough to energize the economy.
November 3, 2006
A Religion-Based Progressive Agenda
In conversation, the bishop addressed the cultural anxieties that inhibit social justice and called for “solidarity and empathy with all of God’s people.”
November 3, 2006
An Incomplete Summit
Leaders must take bold action and bring the U.S. Hispanic population into the Ibero-American Summits.
November 3, 2006
Una Cumbre Incompleta
November 3, 2006
Michigan Affirmative-Action Measure Is All Wrong
The so-called Michigan Civil Rights Initiative would be a diversity sledgehammer with wide-ranging implications.
November 3, 2006
Suckers for a Uniform
November 2, 2006
Economy Continues to Under Perform
Economic output, business investment, and employment are all still lower than averages of past recoveries.
November 2, 2006
Think Again: This Election, We All Lose
During this election season, media frenzy over scandals has once again taken the focus away from the real issues.
November 2, 2006
“Rush” to Judgment
Limbaugh’s outburst was the symptom of a larger disease of attacking advocates and scientists rather than debating the issues.
November 2, 2006
The Future of the Hyde Amendment: Learning from Our Past to Build Our Movement
The movement to restore public funding for abortion must also include broader reproductive rights issues. The time to act is now.
November 1, 2006
Tough Diplomacy Works: Pyongyang Responds to Sticks and Carrots
Cirincione argues U.S. must jettison "regime change" rhetoric in favor of proven diplomatic solutions to nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia.
November 1, 2006
It’s Going to Take Patience and Time (to Do it Right)
Potential timeline includes growing livers for transplantation within 15 years, and highlights next steps for all stem cell research.
November 1, 2006