Early Childhood

Building Momentum: State Progress on Early Learning in 2019
Building Momentum: State Progress on Early Learning in 2019
Governors and legislators across the country are taking much-needed steps to support families by investing in child care, preschool, and home visiting.
By Steven Jessen-Howard
Early Childhood

Trump’s Constitutional Crisis

Congressional Impeachment Hearings, December 4, 2019
Congressional Impeachment Hearings, December 4, 2019
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is conducting its public impeachment hearings today with a collection of constitutional law experts. CAP is following along to share context throughout the proceedings.
Foreign Policy and Security
Congressional Impeachment Hearings, November 21, 2019
Congressional Impeachment Hearings, November 21, 2019
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee continued its public impeachment hearings on November 21 with testimony from Fiona Hill and David Holmes. CAP experts followed along to share context throughout the proceedings.
Foreign Policy and Security
Congressional Impeachment Hearings, November 20, 2019
Congressional Impeachment Hearings, November 20, 2019
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee continued its public impeachment hearings on November 20. CAP experts followed along to share context throughout the proceedings.
Foreign Policy and Security

Democracy and Government

The Impact of the Filibuster on Federal Policymaking
The Impact of the Filibuster on Federal Policymaking
This report looks at the impact of the filibuster on legislative policymaking, describing how the filibuster came to be; its increased use; the disproportionate power it provides to a small segment of society; and what legislative priorities it has been used to derail.
By Alex Tausanovitch and Sam Berger
Democracy and Government

Events

Past Events

Immigration

Climate Change Is Altering Migration Patterns Regionally and Globally
Climate Change Is Altering Migration Patterns Regionally and Globally
Climate change is contributing to crop failure and malnutrition in the Northern Triangle and beyond, driving migration and raising the need for global and regional solutions.
By Jayla Lundstrom
Immigration

Foreign Policy and Security

Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020
Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020
Ensuring that future political leaders provide U.S. veterans with the care and benefits they have earned will require legislators to understand how and why the current system has come to be.
By Lawrence J. Korb
Foreign Policy and Security
Turkish Conservatives’ Loyalty to Erdoğan and Views on Potential Successors
Turkish Conservatives’ Loyalty to Erdoğan and Views on Potential Successors
While President Erdoğan’s support is not boundless, no potential successor currently appears able to hold together the diverse conservative constituency that dominates Turkish politics.
By Max Hoffman
Foreign Policy and Security
Embrace the Union
Embrace the Union
To revive and rebuild the trans-Atlantic alliance, the United States should fully embrace the European Union.
By Max Bergmann
Foreign Policy and Security

Postsecondary Education

The Continued Student Loan Crisis for Black Borrowers
The Continued Student Loan Crisis for Black Borrowers
New federal data shows high default rates for newer borrowers despite increased use of income-driven repayment plans.
By Ben Miller
Education, Postsecondary

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty

Women's Initiative

What Women Need: An Agenda to Move Women and Families Forward
What Women Need: An Agenda to Move Women and Families Forward
The next president should move quickly to advance key priorities for women and their families.
By Shilpa Phadke, Robin Bleiweis, and Nora Ellmann
Women

Energy and Environment

Multinational Mining Corporations Are Exploiting U.S. Taxpayers
Multinational Mining Corporations Are Exploiting U.S. Taxpayers
The laws governing mining of metals and other hardrock minerals on U.S. public lands haven’t been updated in almost 150 years, resulting in the giveaway of taxpayer-owned resources to foreign-owned mining companies for free.
By Nicole Gentile
Energy and Environment
Climate Change Threatens the Stability of the Financial System
Climate Change Threatens the Stability of the Financial System
U.S. regulators should protect the financial system from climate-related risks and help facilitate a smooth transition to a greener economy.
By Gregg Gelzinis and Graham Steele
Economy
Trump’s Energy Policies Put Alaska in the Climate Crosshairs
Trump’s Energy Policies Put Alaska in the Climate Crosshairs
The Trump administration’s attacks on Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Tongass National Forest could release almost 5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent—almost as much pollution as all of the world’s cars emit in a year.
By Ryan Richards
Energy and Environment

Gun Violence Prevention

Gun Violence in America: A State-by-State Analysis
Gun Violence in America: A State-by-State Analysis
While gun violence is a uniquely American problem, the specific impact varies widely from state to state.
By Eugenio Weigend Vargas
Gun Violence Prevention