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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Denying Key Social Services to Immigrants on the Road to Citizenship Hurts Our Entire Nation Article
Marchers walk along during a rally for immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Denying Key Social Services to Immigrants on the Road to Citizenship Hurts Our Entire Nation

Curbing access to supports such as supplemental nutrition assistance and the earned income and child tax credits not only undermines economic security for millions of undocumented immigrants, but also denies potential economic gains to millions of Americans.

Sarah Baron, Philip E. Wolgin

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

Borrowers of Color Need More Options to Reduce Their Student-Loan Debt Article
Xavier University student Triton Brown studies in a common area on campus before going to one of his part-time jobs in New Orleans. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Borrowers of Color Need More Options to Reduce Their Student-Loan Debt

Offering students of color more ways to reduce their student debt, including refinancing their loans, would provide a boost to the overall economy and ensure a better future for communities of color.

Sophia Kerby

Unequal Pay Day for Immigrant Women Article

Unequal Pay Day for Immigrant Women

Numbers show that immigrant women are disproportionally impacted by unequal pay.

Ann Garcia, Patrick Oakford

Top 10 Numbers That Show Why Pay Equity Matters to Native American Women and Their Families Article
Poverty in the Native American community undoubtedly presents its women and families with a special set of obstacles. (iStockphoto)

Top 10 Numbers That Show Why Pay Equity Matters to Native American Women and Their Families

As the fight to close the gender wage gap continues, it is imperative to pay attention to the needs of Native American women and their families, and ensure that they truly have equal access to health care, education, and a respectable standard of living.

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

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