The Center for American Progress proposes a budget plan to address our most pressing national challenges.

The U.S. tax system has played a significant role in the growth of economic inequality by failing to tax those with extreme wealth—but there are ways to rebalance the tax code and put the economy on a better track.

Policymakers have underestimated the benefits of an extended economic recovery and in particular how it affects the most vulnerable Americans.

With U.S. fisheries reeling from climate change and other threats, marine protected areas—especially highly and fully protected MPAs—are powerful tools to rebuild, protect, and sustain fisheries and ocean ecosystems.

The National Environmental Policy Act requires the federal government to consider the impacts of climate change for proposed projects. The Trump administration has dismissed this condition—and it has come back to haunt them in the courts.

Noncompetitive leasing—the bargain bin of the federal onshore oil and gas program—is wasteful, unnecessary, and largely shielded from public scrutiny.

The ideal AVR policy model allows eligible registrants to opt out of voter registration after agency transactions.

Truly fair U.S. electoral districts would allow the views of elected representatives to better reflect those of the people who elect them.

The federal judiciary has hit a crisis point that requires changes to how the courts operate and how cases are brought before them.