CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
InProgress
January 20, 2012
THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER
Series on U.S. Science, Innovation, and Economic Competitiveness
Science Progress and the Doing What Works project release a series of reports focusing on different building blocks of our national competitiveness.
Jumping Beyond the Broom
Aisha C. Moodie-Mills looks at issues facing black LGBT Americans, and recommends how to improve the lives of those in this community.
Lightening the Load
Wraparound services are extremely beneficial in community schools and help with teacher efficiency, write Theodora Chang and Calyssa Lawyer.
President Obama's Bridge to a Better Economy
Michael Ettlinger details the two policy threads that define the president's approach toward immediate but also sustainable economic recovery in 2012.
POLICY CORNER
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Health Reform? Health Care
A Sweet 16 to Build a Strong Middle Class Economic Outlook
What Would Martin Do? Race and Ethnicity
The Top 10 Middle-Class Acts of Congress Economic Outlook
Think Again: The Tea Party: Struggling for Political Relevance Media
UPCOMING EVENTS
Citizens United Two Years Later January 23
God and Politics: Examining Religion in the 2012 Election January 24
President Obama and a 21st Century Military January 25
CAP IN THE NEWS
Hadley and Podesta on Talking to the Taliban Foreign Policy
Margon on State Department Training Huffington Post
Leger on King's Legacy Loop 21
THE WEEK AHEAD
EDUCATION: Craig Jerald on whether we should invest in teacher development or in restructuring teacher systems.
ECONOMY: Alon Cohen, Jordan Eizenga, and John Griffith on Rehab to Rent; David Madland and Karla Walter on the top five reasons right to work laws don't work in America, and why unions make democracy work for the middle class; Adam Hersh analyzes GDP numbers; and Heather Boushey on how helping the middle class is essential for economic recovery.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: Michael Conathan on reorganizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.