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CAP’s Path Forward Series: A Year-End Review Past Event

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.

Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation With Sen. Raphael Warnock Past Event

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

‘Pieces of the Puzzle’: A Reel Progress Film Screening Past Event

‘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

11th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit (Registered Attendees) Past Event

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

11th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit Past Event

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

Congress Must Place Guardrails Around Crypto Markets Article
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Congress Must Place Guardrails Around Crypto Markets

Congress must pass legislation that ensures crypto markets are subject to the same types of safeguards for consumers, investors, and the financial system that govern other capital markets.

Alexandra Thornton

Why Democrats Won the Shutdown In the News

Why Democrats Won the Shutdown

In an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal, Neera Tanden discusses why Democrats were right to fight for health care subsidies during the government shutdown.

The Wall Street Journal

Neera Tanden

American Leadership in AI, Science, and Innovation: A Conversation With Sen. Mark Kelly Past Event

American Leadership in AI, Science, and Innovation: A Conversation With Sen. Mark Kelly

Join the Center for American Progress for a conversation with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) as part of CAP’s “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series.

Center for American Progress & Online (1333 H St. NW Washington DC 20005)

Should the U.S. Drill for More Oil and Gas? In the News

Should the U.S. Drill for More Oil and Gas?

Upfront published a debate between CAP’s Jenny Rowland and the president of an industry trade group about whether the United States should continue drilling for oil and gas or invest in a clean energy future.

Upfront

Jenny Rowland-Shea, Melissa Simpson

A New Economic Patriotism: A Conversation With Rep. Ro Khanna Past Event
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) at the U.S. Capitol on December 4, 2024, Washington, D.C. (Getty/Tom Williams)

A New Economic Patriotism: A Conversation With Rep. Ro Khanna

Please join the Center for American Progress for a conversation with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) as part of the “What's Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series.

Center for American Progress and online via Zoom

The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Embrace of Cancel Culture Article
A view of the White House on November 25, 2025, Washington, D.C.

The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Embrace of Cancel Culture

The Trump administration and the far right are engaging in dangerous, un-American tactics to suppress speech they dislike, cementing their control over institutions and the public by undermining First Amendment rights.

Alice Lillydahl

7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich Article
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7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich

Overall, the Big Beautiful Bill will harm poor Americans and raise the incomes of rich Americans—driving gains for the rich through cuts to marginal tax rates and the estate tax, along with tax breaks for businesses, business owners, and investors.

Corey Husak

Hoja informativa: Manos a la obra: Un plan para reducir el costo de la vivienda para todos Hoja informativa

Hoja informativa: Manos a la obra: Un plan para reducir el costo de la vivienda para todos

El plan de CAP centraría los esfuerzos federales en la construcción de viviendas para reducir los costos de la vivienda, ahorrándole a los inquilinos en comunidades de alto costo un estimado de $1,000 por año y a los compradores de vivienda por primera vez más de $20,000.

How States Can Turn Polluted Lands Into Clean Energy Report
Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm are seen in Oakland, Maryland, August 23, 2022.

How States Can Turn Polluted Lands Into Clean Energy

In the absence of federal leadership, states should encourage renewable energy development on contaminated lands—including landfills, abandoned mines, and brownfield sites—in order to reap economic benefits and meet rising electricity demand.

Dylan Nezaj, Alia Hidayat

Fact Sheet: How States Can Turn Polluted Lands Into Clean Energy Fact Sheet
Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm along the Backbone Mountain are seen on August 23, 2022.

Fact Sheet: How States Can Turn Polluted Lands Into Clean Energy

In the absence of federal leadership, states should encourage renewable energy development on contaminated lands—including landfills, abandoned mines, and brownfield sites—in order to reap economic benefits and meet rising electricity demand.

Alia Hidayat, Dylan Nezaj

IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action Article
A special education teacher works with her kindergarten student.

IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action

Fifty years after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act transformed special education services for children with disabilities, it is important to both celebrate its legacy and confront the urgent work still needed to fulfill its promise.

The Trump Administration’s Hostility to Legal Immigration Harms America’s Global Leadership in Innovation Report
Researchers at a biopharmaceutical company conduct lab tests.

The Trump Administration’s Hostility to Legal Immigration Harms America’s Global Leadership in Innovation

By targeting legal immigration, the United States is signaling to the best and brightest talent around the world that they are unwelcome, harming U.S. leadership in innovation that has strengthened the economy for all Americans.

Serving All Who Served: State Leadership for Transgender Veterans Past Event

Serving All Who Served: State Leadership for Transgender Veterans

Join CAP and Out in National Security for a virtual event launching the Transgender Veterans Toolkit for governors and state legislatures.

Center for American Progress Online via Zoom

How Congress can still get health care subsidies in place for 2026 In the News

How Congress can still get health care subsidies in place for 2026

In an op-ed published by STAT, Emily urges Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits into 2026 while also outlining several other concrete actions the federal government could take to make health care more affordable.

STAT

Emily Gee

The Trump Administration Continues To Demonstrate Its Failure To Appreciate the Plight of American Farmers Article
A combine harvests soybeans in Kentucky.

The Trump Administration Continues To Demonstrate Its Failure To Appreciate the Plight of American Farmers

China’s boycott of American soybeans may be resolved, but the episode exposed deeper, longer-term challenges that cannot be solved with a one-time bailout or a purchase commitment by foreign buyers that can be turned off at any time.

Everybody Likes Unions Article
SEIU Home Care Workers cheer as they officially win the SEIU Home Care Workers union election to join SEIU Healthcare Michigan at Cadillac Place in Detroit.

Everybody Likes Unions

At a time when Americans cannot agree on many things, unions have achieved popularity across nearly every age group regardless of partisan affiliation or education.

Aurelia Glass

The Trump Administration’s Recent Special Education Layoffs Will Have Major Long-Term Impacts on Disabled Children and Students Article

The Trump Administration’s Recent Special Education Layoffs Will Have Major Long-Term Impacts on Disabled Children and Students

The Trump administration unlawful layoffs during the federal shutdown, in coordination with its policy changes and budget cuts, are intended to lead to closure of the Department of Education, leaving disabled children and students with fewer services and protections.

Trump Is Putting Military Leaders in a No-Win Situation In the News

Trump Is Putting Military Leaders in a No-Win Situation

In an op-ed published by The New York Times, Frank Kendall explains how the current legal chain of command for the military is made up of the yes-men who will not push back on anything President Donald Trump or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commands them to do.

The New York Times

Frank Kendall

Trump Hands China Clean Manufacturing Dominance on a Silver Platter In the News

Trump Hands China Clean Manufacturing Dominance on a Silver Platter

In an op-ed published by DC Journal, Kalina Gibson and Leo Banks argue that President Donald Trump is undermining the future of American manufacturing by remaining laser-focused on fossil fuel production, while the rest of the world turns to China for help making the switch to clean energy.

DC Journal

Kalina Gibson, Leo Banks

How Private Equity and the Financialization of Health Services Can Undermine Access to Sexual and Reproductive Care Report

How Private Equity and the Financialization of Health Services Can Undermine Access to Sexual and Reproductive Care

As firms increasingly invest in OB-GYN practices, fertility clinics, maternity care services, and other health care facilities, policymakers must regulate private equity activity and strengthen oversight of corporate control of health care to preserve Americans’ access to care.

Kierra B. Jones

Fact Sheet: Expanding the Public Safety Workforce Fact Sheet
Social workers provide a man experiencing homelessness with resources in a local park in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Fact Sheet: Expanding the Public Safety Workforce

Cities across the country are investing in safety by incorporating specially trained professionals such as community responders and community violence intervention professionals into their local public safety workforces.

Allie Preston, Rachael Eisenberg, Kirby Gaherty

Americans Continue To Build a Peaceful Mass Movement To Force Trump Administration Changes Article
Marchers crowd the streets of New York City as part of nationwide

Americans Continue To Build a Peaceful Mass Movement To Force Trump Administration Changes

The October “No Kings” protests show that sustained mass mobilization is a potent force, and as history reveals, peaceful protests by just 3.5 percent of a nation’s population at a peak moment can make it extremely difficult for the government to ignore peoples’ demands.

Michael Sozan

The Trump Administration’s Latest Staffing Cuts at the Department of Education Threaten Children’s Success Across the Country Article
A U.S. Department of Education employee leaves the building with their belongings.

The Trump Administration’s Latest Staffing Cuts at the Department of Education Threaten Children’s Success Across the Country

Cuts to staff at the Department of Education threaten the federal government’s long-term ability to ensure equal access to education for all, including children with disabilities.

The Fight To Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers Article
A Starbucks sign is reflected in the window as Starbucks employees, union members and supporters strike outside of a Starbucks store.

The Fight To Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers

Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers across the country are ramping up pressure on the corporation to finalize a first contract that could boost take home pay, hours, benefits, and working conditions.

Karla Walter, David Madland

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