Issues
The Center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action. Building on the achievements of progressive pioneers such as Teddy Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr., our work addresses the most pressing 21st century challenges for our nation and our world.
Priorities
Topics
- Abortion Rights
- Access to Affordable Early Care and Education
- Accreditation
- Affirmative Action
- Affordable Care Act
- Affordable Housing
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- American Jobs Plan
- American Rescue Plan
- Anti-Hate
- Arctic
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asia-Pacific
- Biden Administration
- Budget
- Build Back Better Agenda
- Census
- Child Care
- China
- Clean Energy
- Clean Slate
- Climate Change
- Climate Diplomacy
- Climate Impacts
- Climate Resilience
- College Affordability and Student Debt
- College, Career, and Civic Readiness
- Common Core
- Competitiveness
- Congressional Review Act
- Conservation
- Consumer Protections
- Coronavirus
- Courts
- COVID-19
- Criminal Justice Reform
- DACA
- Defense
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Democracy
- Disability
- Domestic Policy
- DREAM Act
- Early Childhood
- Economic Development and Governance
- Economic Justice
- Economy
- Education
- Education, K-12
- Educational Resource Equity
- Election 2020
- Elections
- Employment Non-Discrimination Act
- Environmental and Climate Justice
- Equal Pay Day
- Europe
- Every Student Succeeds Act
- Faith and Equality
- Family Economic Security
- Family Recognition
- Federal Deficit
- Federal Legislation
- FHA and Financial Regulatory Agencies
- Finance Reform
- Fiscal Cliff
- Food Insecurity
- Foreclosure Prevention
- Foreign Policy
- Fossil Fuels
- Government Contracting
- Government Reform
- Government Shutdown
- Government Transparency
- Guantanamo
- Gun Violence Prevention
- Health
- Health Care Costs
- Health Coverage and Access
- Higher Education
- Higher Education Accountability and Oversight
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- Income Inequality
- India
- Inflation
- Inflation Reduction Act
- Infrastructure
- Innovation
- International Issues
- Investing in Care Is Essential Infrastructure
- Investment and Funding Equity for Public Education
- Iran
- Islamic State
- Islamophobia
- Israel
- Jobs
- Juneteenth
- Latin America
- LGBTQ Communities of Color
- LGBTQ Health
- LGBTQ Rights
- LGBTQ Youth
- Mass Incarceration
- Maternal and Infant Health
- Mental Health
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Middle-Class Economics
- Military Service
- Minimum Wage
- Modernizing and Elevating the Teaching Profession
- National Security
- Nondiscrimination Protections
- North Korea
- Ocean
- Paid Leave
- Pandemic Preparedness
- Pensions
- Policing
- Politics and Elections
- Pope Francis
- Poverty
- Progressive Movement
- Public Education Opportunity Grants
- Public Health
- Public Lands
- Public Opinion
- Public School Choice
- Puerto Rico
- Quality in Education
- Quality of Early Care and Education
- Race and Criminal Justice
- Racial Equity and Community-Informed Policies
- Racial Equity and Justice
- Racial Wealth Gap
- Raising Working Standards
- Refugees
- Religious Liberty
- Reproductive Justice
- Retirement
- Rural America
- Russia
- Second Chances
- Sectoral Bargaining
- Small Business
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Safety Net
- State and Local Policy
- State Legislation
- State of the Union
- Students’ Rights and Governance
- Supreme Court
- Syria
- Taxes
- Technology Policy
- Terrorism
- The War on Drugs
- Trade
- Transportation
- Trump Administration
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Unions
- Veterans
- Voting Rights
- Wages
- White Supremacy
- Women’s Economic Security
- Women’s Health and Rights
- Women’s Issues
- Worker Rights
- Workforce Development
State by State
Meaningful solutions and pathways to promote progressive policies occur at all levels of government. Often, local challenges require locally driven solutions that meet the need not only with innovative ideas but also with a deep understanding of the communities involved.
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- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Puerto Rico