A new Generation Progress poll shows widespread support among Millennials for legislation that bans discrimination against LGBT people in employment, housing, and other areas of life.
While the importance of free speech cannot be understated, the amount of negativity we observe and consume on a daily basis threatens to undermine the quality of civic life.
An examination of the Islamophobia network’s efforts to spread misinformation and propaganda about Islam and American Muslims in the United States.
Washington, D.C. — The 2014 elections mark the third consecutive midterm in which voters opposed the party controlling the White House and flipped partisan control of a branch of Congress. But Republicans were successful elsewhere too, in state legislative and gubernatorial races around the country, and a new column from Center for American Progress experts Ruy...
Deep voter pessimism and a lack of an economic agenda from Democrats, not just structural obstacles, drove GOP gains in 2014.
Washington, D.C. — Today, following reports of barriers to voting in Florida, the Center for American Progress issued a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner calling for immediate action to ensure all voters have uninhibited access to the polls and can exercise their legal right to vote. Reports in Florida include instances of poll workers...
Washington, D.C. — Today, following reports of barriers to voting in Alabama, the Center for American Progress issued a letter to Alabama Secretary of State James R. Bennett calling for immediate action to ensure all voters have uninhibited access to the polls and can exercise their legal right to vote. Reports in Alabama include at least three Alabama...
Washington, D.C. — Today, following reports of barriers to voting in Kansas, the Center for American Progress issued a letter to Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach calling for immediate action to ensure all voters have uninhibited access to the polls and can exercise their legal right to vote. One report in Kansas details how the state's citizenship law...
Washington, D.C. — Today, following reports of barriers to voting in North Carolina, the Center for American Progress issued a letter to North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Kim Westbrook Strach calling for immediate action to ensure all voters have uninhibited access to the polls and can exercise their legal right to vote. Reports have surfaced of voting...
Washington, D.C. — Today, following reports of barriers to voting in Georgia, the Center for American Progress issued a letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp calling for immediate action to ensure all eligible voters have uninhibited access to the polls and can exercise their legal and constitutional right to vote. Reports from Georgia...
Washington, D.C. — Today, following reports of barriers to voting in Texas, the Center for American Progress issued a letter to Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry calling for immediate action to ensure all voters have uninhibited access to the polls and can exercise their legal right to vote. Reports in Texas include a Texas election judge turning away...
Americans are open minded about our society’s changing demographics and believe, on the whole, that there are more benefits to the nation from rising diversity than costs.
There is clear consensus around a variety of common-sense gun laws, as well as consensus around what limits are unacceptable. Congress is fighting over questions that are simply not controversial.
Polls show that Americans as a whole agree more than disagree on controversial issues—and on this day of love, let’s embrace this emerging trend.
The public has clear opinions on its priorities for the fiscal showdown and sequestration.
