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6 Ways Cities and Counties Can Reduce Gun Violence
Report A row of houses is seen from above in Northern Baltimore, Maryland.

6 Ways Cities and Counties Can Reduce Gun Violence

Cities and counties across the country are taking meaningful steps toward reducing gun violence by implementing a set of accountability and prevention strategies capable of healing communities while breaking cycles of violence.

Allison Jordan

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Hope After Harm: Reimagining Victim Compensation
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Hope After Harm: Reimagining Victim Compensation

Join the Center for American Progress for an event discussing CAP and Common Justice‘s partnered launch of the "State Victim Compensation Statute Rubric."

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Climate

States Can Lead the Way on an Abundant, Pro-Nature Clean Energy Future
Article Wildflowers growing on hills with wind turbines

States Can Lead the Way on an Abundant, Pro-Nature Clean Energy Future

The Trump administration has falsely framed wind and solar power as harmful to wildlife in order to justify stifling affordable, rapid-to-deploy, clean energy. Here’s how state leadership can advance clean energy and conservation goals simultaneously.

Alia Hidayat

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Economy

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers
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The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers

The administration has already cut minimum wage protections for hundreds of thousands of federal contract workers and halted plans to require companies to pay disabled workers at least $7.25 per hour; this Labor Day, it will advance plans to eliminate federal minimum wage protections for millions of child care and home care providers.

Aurelia Glass

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National Security

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Health

On Its 60th Anniversary, Medicaid Is Under Attack
Article Demonstrators gather in protest of Medicaid cuts outside of the U.S. Capitol.

On Its 60th Anniversary, Medicaid Is Under Attack

Historic program cuts enacted by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration threaten the health and financial security of millions of Americans.

Andrea Ducas

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The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Cuts to DOJ Grants Undermine Public Safety
With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher
A Progressive Vision for Education in the 21st Century
Trump Ordered Texas to Gerrymander 5 New Republican-Leaning Congressional Districts—This Is How Other States Can Fight Back
The Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting: Preventing a Surrender Summit
Trump made a promise not to touch Medicare. His megabill just broke it.
The United States’ Climate Whiplash: From Climate Leadership to Climate Retreat
Attacks on the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem Are an Attack on a Wellspring of American Prosperity
The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities
1.3 Million Active-Duty Service Members Would Go Without Pay During a Government Shutdown
President Trump’s Recent Actions in Washington, D.C., Are an Abuse of Power and Threaten Public Safety for All
FORMER BIDEN HEALTH ADVISOR: We’re running out of time. American businesses should start requiring vaccinations for their workers.
Gen Z Men at Work: 10 Facts About Young Men’s Employment Trends
CAP Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services
Sustainable and Reliable: Securing Resources for the Clean Energy Future
CAP Comments on HHS’ Notice Affecting Head Start Eligibility Criteria
Congressional Republicans’ Big Shift on Public Land Payments to Counties
The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities
EU Elections: What the Results Mean and Why They Matter
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Crushing America’s Electricity System
The Truth About Disparate Impact and Equity
Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat
What Is a Pocket Rescission?
State Rideshare Collective Bargaining Policies Hold Great Promise
Examining the Powerful Impact of Investments in Early Childhood for Children, Families, and Our Nation’s Economy
It’s time to close Guantanamo
10th Annual DACA Survey: 2024 Findings Reveal What’s at Stake for Recipients and the United States
8 Ways the Senate Budget Bill Is More Extreme Than the House-Passed Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill
The Trump Administration’s Reckless Strikes in Iran Raise More Questions Than Answers
When Do the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Health Care Provisions Go Into Effect?
Trump Ordered Texas to Gerrymander 5 New Republican-Leaning Congressional Districts—This Is How Other States Can Fight Back
President Trump’s Recent Actions in Washington, D.C., Are an Abuse of Power and Threaten Public Safety for All
Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities
Trump’s Agenda Is a Direct Threat to the Black Middle Class
Borders, Burdens, and Balance: A Strategic Vision for Migration in the United States and the European Union
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Trump’s Agenda Is a Direct Threat to the Black Middle Class
The Trump Administration Is Endangering Women’s Reproductive Health
Congressional Republicans’ Big Shift on Public Land Payments to Counties
Climate Deniers of the 118th Congress
President Trump’s Recent Actions in Washington, D.C., Are an Abuse of Power and Threaten Public Safety for All
The stablecoin legislation still being pushed in Congress risks sowing the seeds of a financial crisis
Study protected waters newly opened up to fishing
Governors Should Fight for an Economic Agenda To Improve the Lives of Working-Class Residents
The Implementation Timeline of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Gen Z Men at Work: 10 Facts About Young Men’s Employment Trends
LGBTQI+ People Are Working, Healing, and Caring in a Country Without Guaranteed Paid Leave
House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing
Nationwide 2024 Crime Data Demonstrate the Value of Violence Prevention and Local Law Enforcement
Plans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troubling
On Its 60th Anniversary, Medicaid Is Under Attack
House Spending Plans Would Increase Pollution, Harming Americans’ Health and Raising Energy Costs
How Japan can drive faster toward a clean-energy future
The Full Cost of Attendance: Addressing Housing, Food, and Other Barriers to Community College Student Success
Executive Summary: Hope After Harm
President Trump’s Recent Actions in Washington, D.C., Are an Abuse of Power and Threaten Public Safety for All
Public Education Under Threat: 4 Trump Administration Actions To Watch in the 2025-26 School Year
Save the PMF Program or Risk Losing a Generation of Public Servants
Trump’s Latest Trade Deals Raise More Questions Than Answers and Harm America’s Future
There Is No Legal Basis for the FBI To Arrest Quorum-Breaking Texas Legislators
Recent Trends in the Cost of College Show the Continued Importance of Federal and State Investment
Executive Summary: Differentiating Between Harmful Child Care Deregulation and Helpful Reform
Trump and China: An Unprincipled, Impractical, Reactionary Approach to China Policy
The Senate Republican Budget Bill Adds Broadband Funding That Favors Musk’s Starlink and Bans State AI Laws
Public Education Under Threat: 4 Trump Administration Actions To Watch in the 2025-26 School Year
DACA Boosts Recipients’ Well-Being and Economic Contributions: 2022 Survey Results
RFK Jr. Is Systematically Undermining Vaccine Science and Endangering Health
The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families
CAP Comments on HHS’ Notice Affecting Head Start Eligibility Criteria
A New Immigration System To Safeguard America’s Security, Expand Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger
10th Annual DACA Survey: 2024 Findings Reveal What’s at Stake for Recipients and the United States
Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ Plan Fundamentally Misreads the Arab World
Vice President Kamala Harris and Migration in the Americas: Setting the Record Straight
By cutting science, the Defense Department is eating its seed corn
The Implementation Timeline of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting: Preventing a Surrender Summit
Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat
State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families

Education

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Democracy

The Authoritarian Playbook in Action: What Global Cases Tell Us About Trump’s 2025 Military Deployments
Article President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks during a news conference.

The Authoritarian Playbook in Action: What Global Cases Tell Us About Trump’s 2025 Military Deployments

The cases of Canada, South Korea, and Turkey illustrate a dangerous escalatory pattern: When elected leaders rely on the military to resolve domestic challenges, they often accelerate democratic backsliding.

Dan Herman, Robert Benson, Vishal Gogusetti

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