Affordable Care Act

The Trump Premium Tax Will Increase Premiums Up to $2,500 Next Year
The Trump Premium Tax Will Increase Premiums Up to $2,500 Next Year
Trump’s sabotage of the individual insurance market will cause premiums to increase an extra 20 percent to 29 percent in 2018.
By Sam Berger and Emily Gee
Health Care

National Security

Don’t Let Trump Start a War with North Korea
Don’t Let Trump Start a War with North Korea
Instead of bluster about war, the Trump administration needs a deliberate and carefully considered strategy to confront the North Korean threat.
By Michael Fuchs, Vikram Singh, and Abigail Bard
Foreign Policy and Security
9 Solutions to Secure America’s Elections
9 Solutions to Secure America’s Elections
This brief offers common-sense solutions for addressing vulnerabilities in America’s election infrastructure in order to protect the nation’s democracy.
By Danielle Root and Liz Kennedy
Democracy and Government
Losing the War of Ideas
Losing the War of Ideas
Battlefield victories will prove short-lived without a more focused strategy to tackle terrorist ideology.
By Alia Awadallah, Hardin Lang, and Kristy Densmore
Foreign Policy and Security

Poverty

House Republican Cuts to Nutrition Assistance Would Harm Families in Every State
House Republican Cuts to Nutrition Assistance Would Harm Families in Every State
House Republicans’ budget would cut the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program by 42 percent starting in 2023, leaving as many as 7 million struggling families unable to put food on the table.
By Rachel West and Melissa Boteach
Poverty

Events

Leveraging the Power of Black Women
On the occasion of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, a day which marks how far into the year African American women must work to earn the same amount as white men did the year before, please join the Center for American Progress for a thought-provoking conversation about the importance of black women’s activism and the power of black grassroots leaders in the current environment. This event is part of an ongoing series that focuses on race and creating power to move the progressive agenda forward.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States
Center for American Progress

Past Events

Immigration

Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children
Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children
Immigration policies that target the parents of U.S. citizens have profound consequences for children’s development, and for the economy.
By Leila Schochet
Early Childhood

K-12 Education

School Accountability in First-Round ESSA State Plans
School Accountability in First-Round ESSA State Plans
Sixteen states and Washington, D.C., submitted plans to the Education Department for school accountability under ESSA.
By Samantha Batel and Laura Jimenez
Education
Measuring Success: An Overview of New School Classification Indicators Under ESSA
Measuring Success: An Overview of New School Classification Indicators Under ESSA
States are using new indicators to measure and support student and school performance under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
By Samantha Batel
Education
Betsy DeVos: Secretary of Discrimination?
Betsy DeVos: Secretary of Discrimination?
Just months into Betsy DeVos’ tenure as secretary of education, the department is already rolling back critical protections for vulnerable students.
By Coleton Whitaker, Sejal Singh, and Stephenie Johnson
Education

Guns and Crime

Stolen Guns in America
Stolen Guns in America
The number of firearms being stolen in the United States is staggering—and while policymakers must take steps to mitigate this concern, gun dealers and private gun owners have a responsibility to ensure that guns are not vulnerable to theft.
By Chelsea Parsons and Eugenio Weigend Vargas
Guns and Crime

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty
ThinkProgress (CAP Action)

Economy

Modernizing America’s Workforce Data Architecture
Modernizing America’s Workforce Data Architecture
This report calls for using open data standards to improve the quality and availability of online job postings, and in turn, enhance competition and innovation in the market for job search-and-match applications.
By Aneesh Chopra and Ethan Gurwitz
Economy

Women's Economic Security

Rhetoric vs. Reality: 4 Myths About Paid Parental Leave
Rhetoric vs. Reality: 4 Myths About Paid Parental Leave
Trump’s paid parental leave plan is a poor substitute for comprehensive paid family and medical leave and fails to meet the needs of today’s working families.
By Sunny Frothingham and Sarah Jane Glynn
Women
What Happens When a Women’s Empowerment Agenda Disempowers Women
What Happens When a Women’s Empowerment Agenda Disempowers Women
The inactivity of the White House Council on Women and Girls is the latest byproduct of the Trump administration’s systematic erosion of women’s equality, one agency at a time.
By Jocelyn Frye
Women
Leveraging the Power of Black Women
Leveraging the Power of Black Women
Recognizing and reconciling individual biases, as well as conducting meaningful conversations about empowering black women and leveraging that power, will ensure that the United States is fairer and more prosperous for all.
By Jocelyn Frye and Michele L. Jawando
Women

Thinking CAP Podcast

That Time I Ran for Congress
That Time I Ran for Congress
This week, Michele and Igor speak with Krystal Ball, former co-host of MSNBC's "The Cycle" and a 2010 congressional candidate for VA-1, about her decision to get into politics, motherhood, and more.
By Michele L. Jawando and Igor Volsky
Democracy and Government