Progress 2050

Progress 2050 is a project of the Center for American Progress that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America. The United States will become a nation with no clear racial or ethnic majority by the year 2050. This expected transition provides the progressive movement with an exciting opportunity to help America live up to its ideals of equality and justice for all.
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State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Series Report

State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Series

Read the full report, released on September 11, 2014.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are quickly reaching the critical mass needed to be politically relevant, but data about this group have often been unavailable. This series features the most comprehensive research and analysis for the fastest-growing demographic in the United States.

Karthick Ramakrishnan, Farah Z. Ahmad

Reading Between the Data Report
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Reading Between the Data

When considering how best to address economic inequality, policymakers need to understand the complexity and diversity within the Asian American community.

Farah Z. Ahmad, Christian E. Weller

When Wall Street Buys Main Street Report

When Wall Street Buys Main Street

Single-family rental securitization needs to be managed responsibly in order to protect consumer interests.

Sarah Edelman, Julia Gordon, David Sanchez

Better Reflecting Our Country’s Growing Diversity Report

Better Reflecting Our Country’s Growing Diversity

We need to make our national park system more inclusive and reflective of the totality of the diverse American experience.

Jessica Goad, Matt Lee-Ashley, Farah Z. Ahmad

All-In Nation: An America that Works for All Report
Jissela Centeno and her son Matthew Pineda of Arlington, Va., whose family is from Honduras, participates in a rally for immigration reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

All-In Nation: An America that Works for All

All-In Nation describes how strong communities of color are critical to America’s economic future and lays out a comprehensive policy agenda to build an equitable economy where everyone, including fast-growing communities of color, can participate and thrive.

Vanessa Cárdenas, Sarah Treuhaft

300 Million Engines of Growth Report
Supporters cheer as they wait for President Barack Obama at his election night party, November 7, 2012, in Chicago. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

300 Million Engines of Growth

For America to lead innovation in the 21st century, we have to make sure that our people are skilled and educated, operating in an economic environment that is conducive to their success and that allows them to compete at home and abroad.

Jennifer Erickson, Michael Ettlinger

Immigration Is Changing the Political Landscape in Key States Report
People look out at the Statue of Liberty while they hold signs Saturday, April 6, 2013, as members of New Jersey's congressional delegation as well as labor unions, religious leaders, immigrants, and immigration advocates rally at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. (AP/Mel Evans)

Immigration Is Changing the Political Landscape in Key States

Supporting real immigration reform that contains a pathway to citizenship for our nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants is the only way to maintain electoral strength in the future.

Philip E. Wolgin, Ann Garcia

Toward 2050 in Texas Report
Over the past three decades, Houston has experienced explosive population growth—growing from 3.2 million people to 5.9 million people—mostly driven by the region’s communities of color. (AP/Jessica Kourkounis)

Toward 2050 in Texas

While the Houston region has also become one of the most diverse metro regions across the nation, its growing communities of color have not equally shared in the region’s economic recovery.

Julie Ajinkya

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