Affordable Care Act

Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Premiums and Stabilize Insurance Markets
Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Premiums and Stabilize Insurance Markets
Legislation that focuses on strengthening the individual market—not on slashing Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich—would stabilize the market and lower premiums immediately.
By Neera Tanden and Topher Spiro
Health Care

ACA Repeal Would Have Disproportionately Harmed Women of Color
ACA Repeal Would Have Disproportionately Harmed Women of Color
Efforts to repeal the ACA would have made women of color more vulnerable as they sought to protect their health and provide for their families.
By Heidi Williamson
Women
Keeping Our Promise to America’s Vets by Saving Medicaid
Keeping Our Promise to America’s Vets by Saving Medicaid
Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Scott relies on Medicaid to help her treat injuries she sustained while on duty in Iraq.
By Aki Suzuki, Michael Richardson, and Rejane Frederick
Health Care
Maternity Care Under ACA Repeal
Maternity Care Under ACA Repeal
The AHCA and BCRA would have endangered access to maternity care coverage, which has been essential in helping to ensure that black mothers have access to the health services they need.
By Christy M. Gamble and Jamila Taylor
Women

Religious Liberty

Who Seeks Religious Accommodations to Providing Contraceptive Coverage?
Who Seeks Religious Accommodations to Providing Contraceptive Coverage?
New data show that for-profit corporations make up the majority of entities seeking exemptions from providing no-cost contraception under the Affordable Care Act.
By Laura E. Durso, Sharita Gruberg, Jamila Taylor, and Theresa Chalhoub
LGBT

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

Public Lands

Interior Secretary Zinke’s Guide to Running a Sham Review
Interior Secretary Zinke’s Guide to Running a Sham Review
The fate of America’s national parks and monuments rests in the hands of a process without logic or transparency.
By Jenny Rowland
Energy and Environment

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

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

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty
ThinkProgress (CAP Action)

Budget

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

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

Making America White Again
Making America White Again
Michele and Igor talk with Vanita Gupta, current president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, about the Department of Justice's recent announcements under the Trump administration.
By Michele L. Jawando and Igor Volsky
Criminal Justice