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

The Senate’s Skinny ACA Repeal Shell Game
The Senate’s Skinny ACA Repeal Shell Game
A slimmed-down version of ACA repeal would raise premiums and open the door to more damaging changes.
By Emily Gee and Maura Calsyn
Health Care
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
Skinny Repeal Bill Would Raise Average Premiums by $1,238 and Increase Uninsured
Skinny Repeal Bill Would Raise Average Premiums by $1,238 and Increase Uninsured
Consumers would have higher premiums and less choice next year under a so-called skinny repeal bill.
By Emily Gee and Thomas Huelskoetter
Health Care

Trump Administration

The Trump Administration Is Escalating its War on People of Color By Undermining Affirmative Action
The Trump Administration Is Escalating its War on People of Color By Undermining Affirmative Action
The Trump administration is diverting federal anti-discrimination resources to attack affirmative action and reverse the nation’s progress toward educational equity.
By Connor Maxwell and Sara Garcia
Race and Ethnicity

Events

Leveraging the Power of Black Women
This event is full. 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

Criminal Justice

Ban the Box and Beyond
Ban the Box and Beyond
Reforms are needed to ensure that people with criminal records have equitable access to the labor market and economic security.
By Angela Hanks
Economy

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)

Religious Liberty

How the Religious Liberty Executive Order Licenses Discrimination
How the Religious Liberty Executive Order Licenses Discrimination
Far from maintaining the status quo, the religious liberty executive order permits Attorney General Sessions to remove protections that Americans rely upon in everyday life.
By Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza and Sharita Gruberg
LGBT

Women's Economic Security

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
The Value of Equal Pay to the U.S. Economy
The Value of Equal Pay to the U.S. Economy
The gender wage gap is also a drag on the U.S. economy; closing the gap should be a top priority of any economic policy agenda that seeks to strengthen and grow the economy.
By Kate Bahn
Women

Thinking CAP Podcast

Black Women Get It Done
Black Women Get It Done
This week on the podcast, Janaye Ingram and Alencia Johnson discuss the role of black women in the resistance movement.
By Michele L. Jawando and Igor Volsky
Race and Ethnicity