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Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report looking at the disproportionate student loan debt burden experienced by educators of color. The report follows recent studies showing that schools struggle to recruit a diverse teacher workforce and that teachers of color, especially Black teachers, leave the profession at higher rates than their white peers. This...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new analysis estimating losses in the number of individuals with health coverage in all 435 congressional districts across the country if the Trump administration and 20 Republican-led states' lawsuit to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeeds in federal court. These new estimates...
Washington, D.C. — In response to President Donald Trump's planned speech discussing what his administration views as its record of environmental achievement, Senior Vice President for Energy and Environment Policy Christy Goldfuss offered the following statement: This is a joke, pure and simple. No speech can cover up the Trump administration’s abysmal environmental record featuring more than...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released June's employment situation, showing 224,000 jobs gained over the month, an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent, and wage growth of 3.1 percent over the year. In response, Center for American Progress economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement: While unemployment remains low after 10 years of recovery, most...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report laying out what the next president of the United States should do to center equity in a policy agenda to improve K-12 education in America. In stark contrast to the current administration's efforts to unwind tools designed to address disparities between opportunities available...
Washington, D.C. — A new column from the Center for American Progress shows how U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has repeatedly disregarded Congress' oversight role and the rule of law to push a destructive anti-conservation agenda. The column comes as Secretary Bernhardt helps plan President Donald Trump's personal July 4 celebration that will...
Washington, D.C. — Today, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed S.B. 7066, requiring American citizens with prior felony convictions to pay steep fines and fees in order to vote. The new law could disenfranchise tens of thousands of eligible voters. In response, Connor Maxwell, policy analyst for Race and Ethnicity Policy, issued the following statement: Undoing the will of...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Senate will vote on a measure that would require congressional approval for military action against Iran. In response, Kelly Magsamen, vice president of National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: Last week’s brush with war shows that Congress needs to take its foreign...
Washington, D.C. — Today, Pennsylvania becomes the first state in the nation to seal criminal records by automation, as its recently passed Clean Slate Act takes full effect. Within the year, Pennsylvania will seal 30 million old and minor cases, more than half of its criminal records database; and 2.5 million cases will be sealed in the...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments over whether the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was lawful. Following the announcement, Tom Jawetz, vice president of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: With the lower courts...
Washington, D.C. — After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling today that prevents, at least for now, the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, Sam Berger, vice president of Democracy and Government Reform at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: This ruling at least temporarily prevents a...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that it has no authority to decide whether state lawmakers violate the U.S. Constitution when they redraw electoral maps for the express purpose of keeping one party in power. In response, Sam Berger, vice president of Democracy and Government Reform at the Center for American...
Washington, D.C. — Oil and gas production in the West is stressing scarce water resources, but the government has failed to collect critical data that show how these projects affect water supplies, according to a new column from the Center for American Progress. The federal government has no standard reporting requirements for energy companies related...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released "Those Left Behind," a new report and interactive map illustrating the troubling status of national college attainment rates—and gaps—for every county in the United States. The map captures credentials earned by adults at the associate degree level and above and includes locations of nearly 12,000 college...
Washington, D.C. — A new report jointly authored by demographics experts from the Center for American Progress, the Democracy Fund, the Brookings Institution, and the Bipartisan Policy Center examines the changing demographic composition of the electorate and how these changes affect the composition of the two major political parties. The analysis finds that most of the effect of...