Foreign Policy and Security

Belarus’ Fight for a Democratic Future
Belarus’ Fight for a Democratic Future
Belarusians are protesting for free and fair elections—something under threat not only from their own leader but from Moscow as well.
By Max Bergmann and Claire Cappaert
Foreign Policy and Security

Coronavirus

A New Strategy To Contain the Coronavirus
A New Strategy To Contain the Coronavirus
Premature reopening of indoor dining and bars in other U.S. regions has been followed by spread of the virus.
By Emily Gee, Aly Shakoor, Maura Calsyn, Nicole Rapfogel, and Topher Spiro
Health Care
A Comprehensive COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
A Comprehensive COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
A successful COVID-19 vaccination program requires an unprecedented government effort, with tens of thousands of lives, millions of livelihoods, and a normal way of life at stake.
By Topher Spiro and Zeke Emanuel
Health Care
The ACA Marketplaces Are Poised To Weather COVID-19
The ACA Marketplaces Are Poised To Weather COVID-19
People who lose job-based health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic can rely on the marketplaces.
By Emily Gee, Charles Gaba, and Nicole Rapfogel
Health Care

Courts

The Supreme Court Should Not Politicize Valid Public Health Orders
The Supreme Court Should Not Politicize Valid Public Health Orders
The Supreme Court must prioritize public safety over partisan challenges to valid public health orders.
By Stephanie Wylie
Courts

Events

Past Events

LGBTQ Rights

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Transgender People Facing Homelessness
The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Transgender People Facing Homelessness
As homelessness among transgender people increases, the Trump administration is attempting to cruelly and illegally restrict their access to critically needed housing services.
By Theo Santos, Lindsay Mahowald, and Sharita Gruberg
LGBTQ Rights

Democracy and Government

20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November
20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November
Cities have an important role in helping to ensure that during the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can make their voices heard in the upcoming election cycle.
By Danielle Root
Democracy and Government
Trump’s War on the Postal Service Hurts All Americans
Trump’s War on the Postal Service Hurts All Americans
Undermining the Postal Service damages our economy, health system, and democracy.
By Sam Berger and Stephanie Wylie
Democracy and Government
100 Years After the 19th Amendment, the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Continues
100 Years After the 19th Amendment, the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Continues
While a crucial milestone for women’s rights and progress in the United States, the 19th Amendment’s promise of suffrage a century ago still has not been fully realized.
By Robin Bleiweis, Shilpa Phadke, and Jocelyn Frye
Women

Women's Economic Security

The Urgent Case for Permanent Paid Leave
The Urgent Case for Permanent Paid Leave
Policymakers must consider lessons learned from the emergency paid leave laws passed in response to the coronavirus pandemic in order to design national, permanent paid leave policies that ensure racial, gender, and economic equity and meet the needs of families.
By Diana Boesch
Women

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty

Postsecondary Education

Eliminating the Pennsylvania Rule That Bars Incarcerated Students From Getting Financial Aid
Eliminating the Pennsylvania Rule That Bars Incarcerated Students From Getting Financial Aid
In Pennsylvania, the good moral character rule blocks thousands of people in prison from getting state financial aid for college, and now is the time to eliminate it.
By Bradley D. Custer
Education, Postsecondary

Economy

Foreign Investors Were Big Winners From Trump’s Tax Law
Foreign Investors Were Big Winners From Trump’s Tax Law
The 2017 tax law gave bigger tax cuts to foreign investors than middle- and working-class Americans in all of the states Trump carried in 2016.
By Seth Hanlon
Economy
White Elephant Watch: Vol. 7
White Elephant Watch: Vol. 7
The Portsmouth Bypass represents a broken and deeply cost-ineffective theory of economic development that assumes reducing vehicle travel time—rather than investing in people and places facing economic distress—will unlock economic development.
By Kevin DeGood
Economy
Trump’s Plan To Defund Social Security
Trump’s Plan To Defund Social Security
Permanently terminating the employee payroll tax along the lines President Trump has proposed would empty Social Security’s trust fund by 2026 or earlier.
By Seth Hanlon and Christian E. Weller
Economy

K-12 Education

Better Learning Outcomes Can Help Kick-Start the Economy
Better Learning Outcomes Can Help Kick-Start the Economy
A new study finds that investing in education can increase worker salaries and gross domestic product.
By Ulrich Boser
Education, K-12