4.10.09: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER How to Clean Up Toxic Assets Report discusses how to implement the Treasury Department’s Public-Private Investment Plan. A Green Jobs Primer A guide to the basics of green jobs, including what green jobs are and how they improve the economy. Facts on the Defense Budget How Gates's proposed defense budget will affect defense capabilities, jobs, and servicemembers. Smart Infrastructure Report outlines how to meld federal stimulus programs to achieve a diverse set of closely related goals.

THE WEEK AHEAD

MEXICO: A comprehensive strategy for U.S.-Mexico relations from CAP's U.S.-Mexico Working Group.

ECONOMY: Alexandra Cawthorne takes a look at how black men have fared in the recession.

EDUCATION: Louis Soares weighs in on college access in the Obama administration's budget.

ENERGY: Tom Kenworthy discusses the smart grid city in Boulder, Colorado.

HEALTH CARE: CAP Action releases a new report on how health reform will help health providers.

SCIENCE PROGRESS: David Koepsell argues that gene patents are bad for science.

AND MUCH MORE...

POLICY CORNER

Economic Snapshot for April 2009
Economy

Pride and Providence
Security

Climate Change and International Competitiveness
Energy

UPCOMING EVENTS

Waste and Fraud in Afghanistan and Pakistan Spending
April 13

A Conversation with Bill McKibben on Climate Change
April 14

Eight Ways to Grow a Nonprofit
April 17

CAP IN THE NEWS

Hachigian: Gates' Weapons Cuts Will Make Us Safer
Good magazine

Grotto: Nuclear Arms in the Developing World
The Guardian Online

Prendergast: Obama Can End the "Reign of Terror" in Congo
CNN

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