Hate and Guns: A Terrifying Combination
Congress and state legislatures should pass laws that prevent individuals convicted of hate crimes from buying or possessing firearms. Read more →
The Racially Insensitive Legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia
The reverence of Scalia’s right-wing acolytes illustrates how damaging the late justice’s Supreme Court tenure has been to civil rights and race relations.
State of the States Report 2015
Policymakers should take a hard look at where their state is succeeding and falling short to prioritize actions that would dramatically reduce poverty in their backyards and beyond.
Civil Liberties
Infographic: Divided Government Has Not Always Meant Slow Judicial Confirmations
The Senate's current judicial confirmations are moving at the slowest rate since 1953.
Housing and Consumer Finance
5 Trends to Watch in Consumer Finance
Expanding opportunity through finance demands attention to demography, technology, and sound public policy.
Economy
Streets for All
States and the federal government should support promising local initiatives to build streets that serve all users, not just vehicles.
Economy
Fast Facts: Economic Security for South Carolina Families
Fact Sheet
The right policies can go a long way toward helping all South Carolina women gain economic security.
Economy
How Congress Should Respond to the Flint Water Crisis
The water crisis in Flint was both foreseeable and preventable; Congress must ensure this never happens again by increasing infrastructure funding and strengthening oversight.
Women
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Nevada Families
Fact Sheet
The right policies can go a long way toward helping Nevada women gain economic security.
LGBT
Fired for Being Who I Am: The Fight for LGBT Equality Continues
Video
Despite historic progress on LGBT rights, many LGBT people and their families still face serious and life-altering discrimination in their daily lives.
Higher Education
Scoring the College Scorecard
Report
Nearly six months after the release of the College Scorecard, the reviews are in, and the consensus is that there is a great deal that’s good about the data in the college selection tool. But there is also significant room for improvement.
Foreign Policy and Security
The Special U.S.-ASEAN Summit: An Investment in Asia’s Future
The United States and other major powers should work for a united and strong ASEAN rather than using it as a proxy to advance their competing interests.
Immigration
Clear Guidance on Humanitarian Parole Is Needed to Reunite Same-Sex Partners Who Are Unable to Legally Marry
Even with marriage equality, same-sex couples continue to face separation under U.S. immigration laws.
Race and Ethnicity
Reclaiming History in ‘The Birth of a Nation’
A new movie with an old title recasts black men as heroic and inspirational figures in the American story.
Labor and Work
How States Are Expanding Apprenticeship
Issue Brief
States have been leading the way in developing strategies to prepare more workers for employment through apprenticeship.
