Progressivism on Tap with Mark Schmitt

November 9, 2009 Washington D.C.

The fourth event in the fall season of Progressivism on Tap, featuring Mark Schmitt, editor of the American Prospect, on the transformation of liberalism in the 1980s and 1990s.

Progressivism on Tap with Anna Burger

November 2, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The third event in the fall season of Progressivism on Tap, featuring Change to Win Chair Anna Burger, who will discuss the historical and contemporary role of labor in the progressive movement.

Progressivism on Tap with Sam Fulwood III

October 26, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The second event in the fall season of Progressivism on Tap, featuring Sam Fulwood III, Senior Fellow at CAP and former national correspondent and race-relations reporter for the Los Angeles Times, discussing civil rights in the Obama era.

Progressivism On Tap with William Galston

October 19, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The first event in the fall season of Progressivism on Tap, featuring William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former domestic policy advisor to President Clinton, discussing the role of philosophy in shaping public policy and politics in the White House.

Launch of New CAP/PBC Progressive Authors Series

October 7, 2009, 6:30pm – 7:30pm Washington D.C.

The Center for American Progress and the Progressive Book Club launch "Moving Forward: Foundations of a New Progressive Era," a new authors series that will bring together leading writers and policy experts in a unique in-person and online discussion forum for Americans to learn, connect, and debate progressive ideas. The first event features historian Kevin Mattson, author of "What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?" Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise" And the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country.

Progressivism On Tap with Jared Bernstein

July 28, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The final event in the inaugural Progressivism On Tap series featuring Jared Bernstein, chief economist and economic policy advisor to the vice president, discussing the intellectual foundations of the Obama administration’s economic policies.

Progressivism On Tap with E.J. Dionne, Jr.

July 22, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The third event in the inaugural Progressivism on Tap series featuring Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr. discussing the Social Gospel movement, the rise of Catholic social justice work, and the contemporary role of faith in progressive thought and politics.

Progressivism on Tap with Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias

July 14, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The second event in our inagural Progressivism on Tap series, featuring Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and Matt Yglesias of ThinkProgress discussing how progressive bloggers use political ideology, history, and philosophy in their own work and how these ideas are shaping domestic and international policy debates.

Progressivism on Tap with Professor Michael Kazin

July 7, 2009 6:30pm - 8:00pm Washington D.C.

The first event in our inaugural Progressivism on Tap series, featuring Professor Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, discussing the history of populism and how populist ideas shaped 19th and 20th century progressivism, liberalism, and conservatism.

The Ideology and Politics of the Millennial Generation: How Progressive Are Young People Today?

May 13, 2009 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Campus Progress, the Center for American Progress and the Glaser Progress Foundation are pleased to announce the release of two reports: The Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation and New Progressive America: The Millennial Generation, both of which are part of the Center for American Progress’ Progressive Studies Program. The Progressive Studies Program is a unique interdisciplinary project exploring the history, intellectual foundations and public understanding of progressivism in America. The program seeks to increase public awareness of progressive ideas and values, as well as to educate public officials and policymakers through lectures, seminars, articles, public events, book discussions, new media tools, and training seminars with activists and young people.

The Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation documents the findings of the first study by the Progressive Studies Program at CAP about the nature and contours of political values and beliefs in America among young people. New Progressive America: The Millennial Generation provides a detailed portrait of the Millennial generation, covering the generation’s size, voting behavior, demographics and views on cultural, foreign policy, role of government and economic issues.

In conjunction with the release of these new reports, Campus Progress and the Center for American Progress host a panel discussing the political values and beliefs of today’s youth. The panel features John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellows and Co-Directors of the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress; Abigail Kiesa, Youth Coordinator at the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement; and Erica Williams, Deputy Director and Policy and Advocacy Manager at Campus Progress.

Progressive Studies Program at CAP

March 11, 2009, 12:00pm – 1:30pm

The Center for American Progress and the Glaser Progress Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of the new Progressive Studies Program at CAP. The Progressive Studies Program is a unique interdisciplinary project exploring the history, intellectual foundations and public understanding of progressivism in America. The program seeks to increase public awareness of progressive ideas and values, as well as to educate public officials and policymakers through lectures, seminars, articles, public events, book discussions, new media tools, and training seminars with activists and young people. The Progressive Studies Program aims to develop thoughtful, honest debates about modern progressivism and its relationship to the earlier Progressive era and other political and social movements throughout American history. The public research component will complement these discussions by documenting and tracking American ideological attitudes and demographic trends in the country.

The launch will feature the release of two major reports:

State of American Political Ideology, 2009, the Progressive Studies Program's first national study of American beliefs about the role of government, cultural values, economic and domestic policy, and international affairs based on the results of a national survey of 1400 Americans and a companion survey of young people; and

New Progressive America, a detailed analysis of demographic, geographic and attitudinal trends following the 2008 election based on exit poll data, county-level voting returns, census and American Community Survey data and important post-election surveys.

For more information and the event video, visit the event page.