Affordable Care Act

Coverage Losses Under the Senate Health Care Bill Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Additional Deaths in 2026
Coverage Losses Under the Senate Health Care Bill Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Additional Deaths in 2026
One Republican member of Congress, defending the GOP health care plan—the American Health Care Act (AHCA)—suggested that concerns that the loss of health care coverage leads to death are overblown. However, the scientific literature on the effects of insurance coverage on mortality shows that the coverage losses from the AHCA would result in tens of...
By Ann Crawford-Roberts, Nichole Roxas, Ichiro Kawachi, Sam Berger, and Emily Gee
Health Care

Senate Health Care Bill Could Drive Up Coverage Costs for Maternity Care and Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Senate Health Care Bill Could Drive Up Coverage Costs for Maternity Care and Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Allowing states to waive essential health benefits could force people to pay thousands of dollars more for vital services.
By Sam Berger and Emily Gee
Health Care
The Impact of the AHCA on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown
The Impact of the AHCA on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown
President Trump and congressional Republicans’ health care plan would take Medicaid away from more than 400,000 veterans.
By Rachel West, Katherine Gallagher Robbins, and Rejane Frederick
Poverty
CBO-Derived Coverage Losses by State and Congressional District
CBO-Derived Coverage Losses by State and Congressional District
The Congressional Budget Office score confirms the bill would cut coverage, raise consumers’ costs, and undermine protections for pre-existing conditions.
By Emily Gee
Health Care

Public Lands

The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best
President Donald Trump has put 22 of America’s most scientifically important national parks and monuments at risk.
By Jenny Rowland, Mary Ellen Kustin, and Mathew Brady
Energy and Environment

Events

The Infrastructure of Inequality
Please join the Center for American Progress for a panel discussion of key experts focusing on the tools and infrastructure essential to vigorous civil rights enforcement, as well as the current threats putting these anti-discrimination protections at risk.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States
Center for American Progress

Past Events

Every Student Succeeds Act

Learning Mindsets and Skills
Learning Mindsets and Skills
The Every Student Succeeds Act provides new opportunities for school leaders to cultivate students’ learning mindsets.
By Ulrich Boser and Perpetual Baffour
Education

Women's Economic Security

President Trump Wants to Restrict Access to Contraception Under the Guise of Religious Liberty
President Trump Wants to Restrict Access to Contraception Under the Guise of Religious Liberty
Using the language of religious freedom, the Trump administration is decimating access to preventive health services.
By Heidi Williamson and Claire Markham
Women
5 Questions that the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on Parental Leave
5 Questions that the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on Parental Leave
President Trump’s paid parental leave proposal leaves out important details for millions of working families.
By Shilpa Phadke
Women
The Trump Budget Is Out of Touch with the Diverse Realities that Working Women Face
The Trump Budget Is Out of Touch with the Diverse Realities that Working Women Face
The paid parental leave plan outlined in the Trump administration’s recent budget proposal falls far short of the comprehensive changes that would allow today’s working women to participate fully in the nation’s economy.
By Jocelyn Frye
Women

Middle East

The United States Must Stop the UAE’s Abu Ghraib in Yemen
The United States Must Stop the UAE’s Abu Ghraib in Yemen
The United States has leverage and should use it to stop the tragedy unfolding in detention centers in Yemen.
By Ken Gude
Foreign Policy and Security

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty
ThinkProgress (CAP Action)

Race and Ethnicity

Are Today’s Students Prepared to Enter the Tech Industry?
Are Today’s Students Prepared to Enter the Tech Industry?
The lack of networking and mentoring available to black and Hispanic college students decreases opportunities for careers in technology.
By Maya Beasley
Race and Ethnicity

Workforce

How Trump’s Executive Order Would Undermine Quality Apprenticeship
How Trump’s Executive Order Would Undermine Quality Apprenticeship
President Donald Trump’s executive order on job training will seriously undermine recent bipartisan efforts to increase workers’ access to good, well-paying jobs through apprenticeship.
By Angela Hanks
Economy
Trump’s Agenda Undermines America’s Workforce
Trump’s Agenda Undermines America’s Workforce
President Trump’s agenda hurts workers’ ability to train for, obtain, and hold good jobs.
By Angela Hanks, Jackie Odum, and Katherine Gallagher Robbins
Poverty
How Gainful Employment Reduces the Government’s Loan Forgiveness Costs
How Gainful Employment Reduces the Government’s Loan Forgiveness Costs
By preventing excessive debt relative to earnings at career training programs, the gainful employment rule also saves taxpayers from long-term student loan forgiveness costs.
By CJ Libassi and Ben Miller
Education

Courts

The Courts Have Halted Trump’s Bigoted Policies, But the Senate Wants to Confirm All His Judges
The Courts Have Halted Trump’s Bigoted Policies, But the Senate Wants to Confirm All His Judges
Federal judges have put the brakes on many of Trump’s dangerous policies, but the president has the potential to appoint more than 100 judges who will rubber-stamp his agenda.
By Billy Corriher and Anisha Singh
Courts