CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
InProgress
11/06/09

11.06.09: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER

Biden Hosts Event at CAP
Vice President Joe Biden hosts leading scholars to discuss the challenges facing America's middle class.

Cooperation Is the Key
A roadmap for U.S.–China collaboration on carbon capture and sequestration.

Why We Need Health Reform
Updated fact sheets show how our broken health care system affects people in each state.

China's New Engagement
Report on China's relationship to the international system and its role in tackling transnational threats.

POLICY CORNER

Strengthening Afghan Governance
National Security

Expanding the Primary Care Workforce
Health Care

No Background Check? No Problem
Civil Liberties

UPCOMING EVENTS

Leaders & Laggards
November 9

Progressivism on Tap with Mark Schmitt
November 9

School Turnaround Strategies
November 12

CAP IN THE NEWS

Arons on Workplace Equality
Latinovations

Cawthorne and Boteach on Extending Unemployment Insurance
The Hill

Korb Grades Obama One Year in
Foreign Policy

THE WEEK AHEAD

EDUCATION: Report and interactive map from CAP, the Chamber of Commerce, and Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute grades states on education innovation, and Robin Chait interviews performance pay administrators.

ENERGY: Kate Gordon puts out a column on manufacturing and clean energy; Alexandra Kougentakis, Tom Kenworthy, and Dan Weiss release a report on the Air Force and solar energy; and Tom Kenworthy examines carbon offset opportunities for rural America.

NATIONAL SECURITY: Ken Gude updates his report on how to close Guantanamo.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Report from Marc Goulden, Karie Frasch, and Mary Ann Mason offers recommendations on family responsible policies for academic researchers.

OPEN GOVERNMENT: Ian Millhiser looks at how to make government more efficient, and CAP launches a new project on government efficiency.

SCIENCE PROGRESS: Mary Ann Mason, Marc Goulden, and Robert Berdahl discuss patching America's leaky pipeline in the sciences in a new podcast.

AND MUCH MORE...