December 23, 2010
Idea of the Day: We Must Continue to Build Manufacturing Expertise Within U.S. Borders
If our country is to maintain its innovation-led strategy for economic growth, we must continue to build manufacturing expertise and intellectual capital here within our borders, not let the decline continue.

December 22, 2010
Idea of the Day: Conservatives Can’t Escape Blame for the Financial Crisis
Conservatives' ideological imperative to blame the government, and more importantly to avoid the culpability of laissez faire economics, have overridden all other considerations, including those of actually looking at the facts.

December 21, 2010
Idea of the Day: Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation Can Help Reduce Spending
The new Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation could generate creative solutions to a problem that has long vexed Washington.

December 20, 2010
Idea of the Day: Health Care Should Be Better Organized and Delivered
Reforming our nation’s health care system so that it no longer delivers too much low-benefit care at too high a cost will require our new health reform law to spark a system-wide revolution.

December 17, 2010
Idea of the Day: We Should Consider New Ways of Understanding Power in Today’s World
The fact that WikiLeaks is probably a bigger national security news story than any other should give us pause. It suggests that we should consider new ways of understanding power in today’s world and how to begin to work with it effectively instead of reactively.

December 16, 2010
Idea of the Day: Implementation of ACA Can Help Racial and Ethnic Minorities
All Americans, regardless of race or ethnicity, should get the quality health care services they need when they need them.

December 15, 2010
Idea of the Day: The Minimum Coverage Mandate Is Essential
Removing the minimum coverage mandate from the Affordable Care act would be devastating for millions of Americans.

December 14, 2010
Idea of the Day: Passing the DREAM Act Will Strengthen U.S. Workforce
Passing the DREAM Act could add as many as 252,000 new scientists, engineers, and technical workers to this country’s critically thin supply.

December 13, 2010
Idea of the Day: Improve Quality and Efficiency of Care for "Dual Eligibles"
We need to improve care and reduce costs for "dual eligibles," individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

December 10, 2010
Idea of the Day: Tax Agreement Needs Adjustment to Help Low-Income Workers
As part of the recently announced tax framework agreement between the president and Republicans in Congress, the Making Work Pay credit, originally passed as part of the Recovery Act, will be allowed to expire as scheduled at the end of this year, raising taxes for about 25 million working people.

December 9, 2010
Idea of the Day: Mental Health Services Can Help LGBT Youth Cope with Harassment
Providing LGBT adolescents with access to mental health services is essential to helping them cope with the extreme pressures that have led many of them to consider suicide.

December 8, 2010
Idea of the Day: Tax Agreement Leads to Jobs Growth
The new tax agreement, including additional tax cuts and an extension of unemployment insurance, will result in 2.2 million more jobs.

December 7, 2010
Idea of the Day: Abortion Policy Negatively Affects Women of Color
The Hyde Amendment is a policy that not only violates reproductive rights and principles of gender equity but one that undermines racial and economic justice as well.

December 6, 2010
Idea of the Day: We Can Tackle the Long-Term Federal Budget Deficit
"The First Step," CAP's new deficit reduction report, offers five different balances for getting to the 2015 target of primary balance.

December 3, 2010
Idea of the Day: Use Federal Work-Study Program Funds to Create a College Ambassadors Network
The federal government should use Federal Work-Study Program funds to create a college ambassadors network.

December 2, 2010

It is now time to focus on building a competitive 21st-century American economy in the thriving global market.

December 1, 2010
Idea of the Day: Support for DREAM Act Remains High
Momentum around the DREAM Act continues to grow: from California to Maine, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington state to the steps of the Capitol, and everywhere in between.