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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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Addressing Race and Genetics Report
Certain issues regarding racial and ethnic health disparities need to be addressed in order for personalized medicine to offer the greatest benefit to all. (iStockphoto)

Addressing Race and Genetics

Michael J. Rugnetta and Khusboo Desai examine issues regarding racial and ethnic health disparities that need to be addressed in order for personalized medicine to offer the greatest benefit to all.

Michael Rugnetta, Khusboo Desai

Flavored Disease and Death for Minorities Report
A Newport advertisement is seen on the window of a convenience store in Brooklyn, New York. Predatory marketing by tobacco companies to youth, African Americans, and Hispanics also leads to the high prevalence of menthol smoking among these populations. (AP/Paul Sakuma)

Flavored Disease and Death for Minorities

Aisha C. Moodie-Mills explains how a ban on menthol cigarettes will help minority Americans.

Aisha C. Moodie-Mills

Prosperity 2050 Report
Faye McWilliams Pearson, a volunteer at Miami's Pass-It-On Ministries, left, works with Douglas Willock, center, and Stephen Smith, both unemployed, giving them information about job fairs and a box of food that will last a week. People of color in America have long faced recessionary conditions and barriers to economic opportunity, and were hit first and worst by the Great Recession. (AP/J Pat Carter)

Prosperity 2050

Sarah Treuhaft and David Madland address the growing opportunity deficit, what it means for our economic future, and the next steps for building an inclusive growth agenda.

Sarah Treuhaft, David Madland

Separate and Unequal Report
La enmienda del representante Henry Hyde (R-IL) que prohíbe la cobertura del aborto por Medicaid se ha traspasado a varios programas gubernamentales. (AP/David Karp)

Separate and Unequal

Jessica Arons and Madina Agénor explain how the Hyde Amendment is a policy that not only violates reproductive rights and principles of gender equity but one that undermines racial and economic justice as well.

Jessica Arons, Madina Agénor

Stop the Conference Report
La aprobación de la S.B. 1070 desencadenó una acalorada reacción pública a nivel nacional en contra de Arizona y causó que varias organizaciones nacionales y líderes de opinión llamen por un boicot económico. La industria de convenciones de Arizona sintió los efectos de esta reacción de forma inmediata cuando importantes grupos e asociaciones empezaron a cancelar sus eventos y convenciones en el estado. (iStockphoto)

Stop the Conference

Marshall Fitz and Angela Kelley explain the economic and fiscal consequences of conference cancellation as a result of S.B. 1070, Arizona's harsh, anti-immigrant legislation.

Marshall Fitz, Angela Maria Kelley

Beyond Arizona Report
The raging political firestorm over Arizona's new immigration law will not end until constitutionally sound federal solutions are in place. (AP/George Frey)

Beyond Arizona

Report from Gebe Martinez argues that without real federal solutions frustration over our broken immigration system will continue to rise.

Gebe Martinez

How to Close the LGBT Health Disparities Gap Report
A Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders volunteer helps Frank Carter straighten out a wheel chair order. America's estimated 2.5 million gay seniors are twice as likely to live alone, four times less likely to have adult children to help them, and far more fearful of discrimination from health care workers. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

How to Close the LGBT Health Disparities Gap

Jeff Krehely explains how members of the LGBT population continue to experience worse health outcomes than their heterosexual counterparts.

Jeff Krehely

Equal Health Care for All Report
Dr. Diego Chaves-Gnecco talks with the Solis family during a visit on to a bilingual clinic that he runs through Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Equal Health Care for All

Lesley Russell explores racial and ethnic health care disparities and how health care reform could help bridge the gap.

Lesley Russell

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