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Featured Book: The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything

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This report describes how a woman’s nation changes everything about how we live and work today. Now for the first time in our nation’s history, women are half of all U.S. workers and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. This is a dramatic shift from just a generation ago (in 1967 women made up only one-third of all workers). It changes how women spend their days and has a ripple effect that reverberates throughout our nation. It fundamentally changes how we all work and live, not just women but also their families, their co-workers, their bosses, their faith institutions, and their communities.

Quite simply, women as half of all workers changes everything.

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The American Way to Change

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August 31, 2009

Serving America's Veterans

Book from Lawrence J. Korb, Sean Duggan, Peter Juul, and Max Bergmann analyzes the full range of veterans' needs and offers solutions for addressing pressing challenges. By Lawrence J. Korb, Sean Duggan, Peter Juul, Max Bergmann
April 21, 2009

Building a Charismatic Nonprofit

Deborah Jospin and Shirley Sagawa join CAP to discuss their book “The Charismatic Organization: Eight Ways to Grow a Nonprofit that Builds Buzz, Delights Donors, and Energizes Employees.”
April 1, 2009

Science Next

An essential guide to science policy from Jonathan Moreno and Rick Weiss. By Jonathan D. Moreno, Rick Weiss
February 10, 2009

The Role of Religion in Presidential Campaigns

E.J. Dionne and Shaun Casey discuss the changing shape of religion in presidential races, from Kennedy to Obama.
January 9, 2009

Reinvigorating Capitalism to Stimulate the Economy

Matt Miller discusses The Tyranny of Dead Ideas and how to turn around growing discontent within the middle class.
January 6, 2009

The Tyranny of Dead Ideas

Matt Miller releases a new book on letting go of the old ways of thinking to unleash a new prosperity. By Matt Miller
October 7, 2008

The Green Collar Economy

CAP Senior Fellow Van Jones' new book explains how one solution can fix our two biggest problems—energy and the economy. By Van Jones
September 30, 2008

Getting to the Root of It All

Helene Cooper tells the story of her privileged Liberian childhood cut short by a bloody 1980 coup, her family’s escape, and her return to find her sister left behind.
August 13, 2008

Think Again: Money for Nothing

Barbara Ehrenreich's new book received an undeserved and unfair review in the New York Times, writes Eric Alterman. By Eric Alterman

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