Women's Initiative

Navigating the Road Ahead in the Fight for Women’s Progress
Navigating the Road Ahead in the Fight for Women’s Progress
The Biden-Harris administration took key strides toward gender equity in its first 100 days, but achieving future progress will require an intentional focus on combating systemic barriers, entrenched biases, and a status quo that continues to preserve and perpetuate long-standing disparities.
By the Women's Initiative
Women

Coronavirus

Using Bulk Purchasing To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Using Bulk Purchasing To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Bulk purchasing of prescription drugs would allow federal and state governments to better respond to epidemics—including opioid addiction and HIV/AIDS—and pandemics such as COVID-19.
By Thomas Waldrop
Health Care
Employers Can Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
Employers Can Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
Until the United States achieves a higher rate of immunity, the coronavirus remains a threat to public health and the nation’s economic recovery.
By Emily Gee and Nicole Rapfogel
Health Care
Policies To Improve Health Insurance Coverage as America Recovers From COVID-19
Policies To Improve Health Insurance Coverage as America Recovers From COVID-19
The American Rescue Plan expands health coverage and affordability for millions of people as the country climbs out of the coronavirus crisis.
By Emily Gee and Thomas Waldrop
Health Care

K-12 Education

Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students
Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students
Even in high schools with similar levels of access to advanced coursework, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students are less likely to be enrolled in advanced courses—and even when they are enrolled, they experience less success in these courses than their peers.
By Roby Chatterji, Neil Campbell, and Abby Quirk
Education, K-12

Events

The Clean Economy Revolution Will Be Unionized
The United States faces enormous opportunity to launch a clean energy-driven economic recovery that supports millions of well-paying union jobs. Please join Center for American Progress founder John Podesta for a conversation with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler on what it takes to ensure that clean jobs are good jobs.
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Center for American Progress

Past Events

Foreign Policy and Security

Climate Will Test Whether America Is Truly ‘Back’
Climate Will Test Whether America Is Truly ‘Back’
The Biden administration’s efforts to restore U.S. leadership on the global stage will ultimately be determined by what actions the United States takes domestically on climate.
By Max Bergmann and Carolyn Kenney
Foreign Policy and Security

LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ People of Color Encounter Heightened Discrimination
LGBTQ People of Color Encounter Heightened Discrimination
A nationally representative survey conducted in June 2020 by the Center for American Progress highlights that LGBTQ people of color are more likely than white LGBTQ individuals to encounter discrimination in a variety of settings.
By Lindsay Mahowald
LGBTQ Rights
4 Ways the U.S. Government Can Strengthen Refugee Resettlement for LGBTQI People
4 Ways the U.S. Government Can Strengthen Refugee Resettlement for LGBTQI People
President Joe Biden’s executive actions create a framework for protecting LGBTQI people fleeing persecution, but agencies must act to implement these safeguards.
By Sharita Gruberg
LGBTQ Rights
How the American Families Plan Would Benefit LGBTQI+ Households
How the American Families Plan Would Benefit LGBTQI+ Households
The AFP’s robust investments in U.S. families and workers would support LGBTQI+ people.
By Caroline Medina
LGBTQ Rights

Poverty

The Top 12 Solutions To Cut Poverty in the United States
The Top 12 Solutions To Cut Poverty in the United States
Poverty is a policy choice; so is cutting it.
By Arohi Pathak and Kyle Ross
Poverty

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty

Environmental Justice

Implementing Biden’s Justice40 Commitment To Combat Environmental Racism
Implementing Biden’s Justice40 Commitment To Combat Environmental Racism
To maximize the near-term benefits of climate and clean energy investments delivered to disadvantaged communities, the White House must work to remove funding barriers and strengthen existing programs.
By Cathleen Kelly and Mikyla Reta
Energy and Environment

Economy

Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements
Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements
Regulators should use the bank capital framework to improve the resiliency of the financial system to climate-related risks.
By Gregg Gelzinis
Economy
Using Performance Management to Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Surface Transportation Sector
Using Performance Management to Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Surface Transportation Sector
The next surface transportation reauthorization bill should require states and metropolitan regions to adopt targets that represent clear reductions in surface transportation GHG emissions that put the sector on a path to net-zero emissions by midcentury.
By Kevin DeGood
Economy
The SEC Has Broad Authority To Require Climate and Other ESG Disclosures
The SEC Has Broad Authority To Require Climate and Other ESG Disclosures
Increasing demand for companies to provide enhanced disclosures on climate-related and other environmental, social, and governance matters has raised questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s authority to require disclosures. That authority is broad and not limited to materiality.
By Alexandra Thornton and Tyler Gellasch
Economy

Immigration

Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants Would Boost U.S. Economic Growth
Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants Would Boost U.S. Economic Growth
Putting undocumented immigrants on a pathway to citizenship would increase U.S. GDP by up to $1.7 trillion over the next decade, raise wages for all Americans, and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, advancing the country’s economic recovery.
By Giovanni Peri and Reem Zaiour
Immigration