How Fossil Fuels and Global Extreme Weather Increase Americans’ Food Prices ArticleDecember 22, 2025 How Fossil Fuels and Global Extreme Weather Increase Americans’ Food Prices Fossil fuels and the climate change they cause are worsening extreme weather events that disrupt global food supply chains and increase costs for Americans at the grocery store. Dec 22, 2025 Jasia Smith, Kalina Gibson, Margaret Cooney
How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access ArticleDecember 22, 2025 How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit details how to submit them. Dec 22, 2025 Haley Norris
Community Violence Intervention: Nadir Yazid Abdullah and Trauma-Informed Approach to Gun Violence VideoDecember 22, 2025 Community Violence Intervention: Nadir Yazid Abdullah and Trauma-Informed Approach to Gun Violence Nadir Yazid Abdullah shares the inspirational story of gunshot wound survivor “Marcus,” who accepted Nadir’s help to change the trajectory of his life. Dec 22, 2025 Chandler Hall, Nick Wilson, Olivia Mowry, 1 More Hai-Lam Phan
Fact Sheet: How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers Fact SheetDecember 18, 2025 Fact Sheet: How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers A new CAP study of early career teachers explores their preparation and induction experiences and factors that affected their attrition in the field. Dec 18, 2025 Weadé James, Paige Shoemaker DeMio
How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers ReportDecember 18, 2025 How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers A 2025 CAP survey of early career teachers sheds light on the experiences and factors that assisted or hindered their persistence in the field. Dec 18, 2025 Weadé James, Paige Shoemaker DeMio
Climate Deniers of the 119th Congress and the Second Trump Administration ReportDecember 18, 2025 Climate Deniers of the 119th Congress and the Second Trump Administration A new CAP analysis finds that the federal government is rife with officials who deny climate change in leadership positions within the executive branch, presidential Cabinet, and Congress. Dec 18, 2025 Kat So
President Trump’s erratic tariffs are creating a hidden holiday tax NewsletterDecember 18, 2025 President Trump’s erratic tariffs are creating a hidden holiday tax And how the first year of Trump’s second term has harmed workers Dec 18, 2025
CAP’s Path Forward Series: A Year-End Review Past EventDecember 17, 2025 CAP’s Path Forward Series: A Year-End Review A video montage of all the "What's Next: Conversations on the Path Forward" series events that happened in 2025. Dec 17, 2025
Crisis in the Caribbean: Breaking Down the Trump Administration’s Dangerous Actions in Latin America Past EventDecember 17, 2025 Crisis in the Caribbean: Breaking Down the Trump Administration’s Dangerous Actions in Latin America Leading experts break down the issues behind the Trump administration's actions. Online via Zoom Dec 17, 2025
A Costly Lump of Coal: How Trump’s Tariffs Are Taxing Main Street This Holiday Season ArticleDecember 17, 2025 A Costly Lump of Coal: How Trump’s Tariffs Are Taxing Main Street This Holiday Season Small-business owners are in for an unhappy New Year, facing about $25,000 more in monthly tariff costs since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement. Dec 17, 2025 Michael Negron, Mimla Wardak
November’s Jobs Report Hints at Labor Market Weakness Ahead ArticleDecember 16, 2025 November’s Jobs Report Hints at Labor Market Weakness Ahead November’s jobs report, released today, showed signs of weakness—particularly among groups that often foreshadow broader labor-market cooling, such as workers of color and older workers. Dec 16, 2025 Sara Estep, Christian E. Weller
Trump Administration Tariffs Could Result in 450,000 Fewer New Homes Through 2030 ArticleDecember 16, 2025 Trump Administration Tariffs Could Result in 450,000 Fewer New Homes Through 2030 The Trump administration’s tariffs are making it more expensive to build homes, deepening the U.S. housing shortage. Dec 16, 2025 Corey Husak, Natalie Baker, Mimla Wardak
John’s Story: Voting Rights and Guardianship VideoDecember 15, 2025 John’s Story: Voting Rights and Guardianship John VanHine shares why it is important for adults under guardianship to access their right to vote. Dec 15, 2025 Casey Doherty, Olivia Mowry
Executive Summary: Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote ArticleDecember 15, 2025 Executive Summary: Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote This executive summary contains key recommendations for preserving the voting rights of disabled people under guardianship. Dec 15, 2025 Casey Doherty
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote ReportDecember 15, 2025 Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote Protecting the right to vote for many disabled Americans requires eliminating guardianship laws that restrict access to the ballot. Dec 15, 2025 Casey Doherty
Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration Made the Working Class Weaker ArticleDecember 15, 2025 Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration Made the Working Class Weaker The Trump administration’s actions are shrinking jobs, slowing wage growth, and raising living costs for the working class. Dec 15, 2025 Aurelia Glass
President Trump’s AI National Policy Executive Order Is an Unambiguous Threat to States Beyond Just AI ArticleDecember 12, 2025 President Trump’s AI National Policy Executive Order Is an Unambiguous Threat to States Beyond Just AI The executive order is a legally unjustifiable incursion into the rights of states; will be used to threaten and intimidate states; and does not uphold the administration’s promises to exempt AI child safety or data center laws. Dec 12, 2025 Adam Conner
Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation With Sen. Raphael Warnock Past EventDecember 11, 2025 Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation With Sen. Raphael Warnock Please join the Center for American Progress to hear Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speak as part of CAP's “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series. Center for American Progress Dec 11, 2025
A Historically Bad Year for Public Lands Under President Trump ArticleDecember 11, 2025 A Historically Bad Year for Public Lands Under President Trump The Trump administration’s attacks on parks and public lands broke records in 2025, but they also met intense public opposition. Dec 11, 2025 Drew McConville
Today the Senate is voting on Republican proposals to make health insurance more expensive NewsletterDecember 11, 2025 Today the Senate is voting on Republican proposals to make health insurance more expensive And Americans’ electric bills could go up by $67.7 billion by 2028 Dec 11, 2025
‘Pieces of the Puzzle’: A Reel Progress Film Screening Past EventDecember 10, 2025 ‘Pieces of the Puzzle’: A Reel Progress Film Screening Join the Center for American Progress for a Reel Progress screening of "Pieces of the Puzzle." Center for American Progress (in-person only) 1333 H St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 Dec 10, 2025
Moving Federal Education Programs Will Create More Bureaucracy, Not Less ArticleDecember 10, 2025 Moving Federal Education Programs Will Create More Bureaucracy, Not Less The Trump administration is unlawfully using interagency agreements to continue its piecemeal dismantling of the Department of Education. Dec 10, 2025 Veronica Goodman, Viviann Anguiano, Weadé James
11th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit (Registered Attendees) Past EventDecember 10, 2025 11th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit (Registered Attendees) Join CAP for a summit featuring speeches and discussions by leading advocates of the gun violence prevention movement. Center for American Progress (1333 H St. NW Washington DC 20005) & Online Dec 10, 2025
11th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit Past EventDecember 10, 2025 11th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit Join CAP for a summit featuring speeches and discussions by leading advocates of the gun violence prevention movement. Center for American Progress - Online Dec 10, 2025