Working-Class Voters Shifted Slightly Toward Democrats in the 2025 Gubernatorial Elections ArticleJanuary 26, 2026 Working-Class Voters Shifted Slightly Toward Democrats in the 2025 Gubernatorial Elections Working-class shifts in the 2025 gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey were led by nonwhite voters and suggest that economic issues can move some voters. Jan 26, 2026 Jazmine Amoako
Cost-of-living concerns will be the major issue of 2026 In the NewsJanuary 23, 2026 Cost-of-living concerns will be the major issue of 2026 Natalie Baker joined a symposium for NOTUS, in which she argues that the rising cost of living will be the defining issue of 2026. Jan 23, 2026 NOTUS Natalie Baker
Trump’s first year has likely cost you thousands of dollars NewsletterJanuary 22, 2026 Trump’s first year has likely cost you thousands of dollars Plus, tracking 80+ ways Trump has made America weaker Jan 22, 2026
A Year in Review: How the Trump Administration’s Economic Policies Made Life Less Affordable for Americans ArticleJanuary 20, 2026 A Year in Review: How the Trump Administration’s Economic Policies Made Life Less Affordable for Americans The first year of the Trump administration has left Americans struggling with increased costs of living due to its unprecedented tariffs, fewer job opportunities, and more expensive health care and utilities. Jan 20, 2026 Kennedy Andara, Amina Khalique, Natalie Baker, 3 More Sara Estep, Natasha Murphy, Akshay Thyagarajan
ONE YEAR IN: The ‘Trump Effect’ Is a Bust for the Working Class In the NewsJanuary 15, 2026 ONE YEAR IN: The ‘Trump Effect’ Is a Bust for the Working Class In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Aurelia Glass argues that Trump’s policy agenda has made it significantly harder for struggling Americans to meet their families' basic needs. Jan 15, 2026 InsideSources Aurelia Glass
Why Ukraine Matters to the United States ArticleJanuary 14, 2026 Why Ukraine Matters to the United States This is not charity—America’s prosperity and security are at stake. Jan 14, 2026 Luke Zahner
Trump’s Attack on Child Care Funding Undermines Early Educators, Shortchanges Children, and Increases Costs for Families ArticleJanuary 12, 2026 Trump’s Attack on Child Care Funding Undermines Early Educators, Shortchanges Children, and Increases Costs for Families The Trump administration leveraged allegations of fraud in Minnesota in an attempt to freeze essential child care funding, a move that reflects a dangerous, broader posture toward the early childhood community that threatens educators, parents, and children. Jan 12, 2026 Hailey Gibbs, Casey Peeks
December Jobs Day Closes a Year of a Stalling Labor Market ArticleJanuary 9, 2026 December Jobs Day Closes a Year of a Stalling Labor Market Workers were in a weaker position in 2025 than in 2024, feeling the consequences of the Trump economy. Jan 9, 2026 Christian E. Weller
What Trump’s coup in Venezuela is really about NewsletterJanuary 7, 2026 What Trump’s coup in Venezuela is really about Plus, Sen. Schumer joins CAP for a housing summit Jan 7, 2026
Fact Sheet: How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers Fact SheetDecember 18, 2025 Fact Sheet: How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers A new CAP study of early career teachers explores their preparation and induction experiences and factors that affected their attrition in the field. Dec 18, 2025 Weadé James, Paige Shoemaker DeMio
How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers ReportDecember 18, 2025 How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers A 2025 CAP survey of early career teachers sheds light on the experiences and factors that assisted or hindered their persistence in the field. Dec 18, 2025 Weadé James, Paige Shoemaker DeMio
President Trump’s erratic tariffs are creating a hidden holiday tax NewsletterDecember 18, 2025 President Trump’s erratic tariffs are creating a hidden holiday tax And how the first year of Trump’s second term has harmed workers Dec 18, 2025
A Costly Lump of Coal: How Trump’s Tariffs Are Taxing Main Street This Holiday Season ArticleDecember 17, 2025 A Costly Lump of Coal: How Trump’s Tariffs Are Taxing Main Street This Holiday Season Small-business owners are in for an unhappy New Year, facing about $25,000 more in monthly tariff costs since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement. Dec 17, 2025 Michael Negron, Mimla Wardak
November’s Jobs Report Hints at Labor Market Weakness Ahead ArticleDecember 16, 2025 November’s Jobs Report Hints at Labor Market Weakness Ahead November’s jobs report, released today, showed signs of weakness—particularly among groups that often foreshadow broader labor-market cooling, such as workers of color and older workers. Dec 16, 2025 Sara Estep, Christian E. Weller
Trump Administration Tariffs Could Result in 450,000 Fewer New Homes Through 2030 ArticleDecember 16, 2025 Trump Administration Tariffs Could Result in 450,000 Fewer New Homes Through 2030 The Trump administration’s tariffs are making it more expensive to build homes, deepening the U.S. housing shortage. Dec 16, 2025 Corey Husak, Natalie Baker, Mimla Wardak
Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration Made the Working Class Weaker ArticleDecember 15, 2025 Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration Made the Working Class Weaker The Trump administration’s actions are shrinking jobs, slowing wage growth, and raising living costs for the working class. Dec 15, 2025 Aurelia Glass
Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation With Sen. Raphael Warnock Past EventDecember 11, 2025 Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation With Sen. Raphael Warnock Please join the Center for American Progress to hear Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speak as part of CAP's “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series. Center for American Progress Dec 11, 2025
The Trump Administration’s Tariffs Are a Hidden Holiday Tax ArticleDecember 10, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Tariffs Are a Hidden Holiday Tax President Trump’s tariffs are adding to inflation and holding back families this holiday season. Dec 10, 2025 Jazmine Amoako
Congress Must Place Guardrails Around Crypto Markets ArticleDecember 8, 2025 Congress Must Place Guardrails Around Crypto Markets Congress must pass legislation that ensures crypto markets are subject to the same types of safeguards for consumers, investors, and the financial system that govern other capital markets. Dec 8, 2025 Alexandra Thornton
ICYMI: Rep. Ro Khanna: Everyone should share in America’s prosperity, not just CEOs and billionaires NewsletterDecember 4, 2025 ICYMI: Rep. Ro Khanna: Everyone should share in America’s prosperity, not just CEOs and billionaires Why Gen Z men are the most pro-union generation in history Dec 4, 2025
A New Economic Patriotism: A Conversation With Rep. Ro Khanna Past EventDecember 3, 2025 A New Economic Patriotism: A Conversation With Rep. Ro Khanna Please join the Center for American Progress for a conversation with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) as part of the “What's Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series. Center for American Progress and online via Zoom Dec 3, 2025
Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances ArticleDecember 3, 2025 Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances Gen Z men support unions more strongly than any other group, both today and when older generations were their age. Looking at the gains from union membership for young men, it’s easy to understand why. Dec 3, 2025 Aurelia Glass
Trump just gifted billionaires a holiday bonus—paid for by you NewsletterNovember 26, 2025 Trump just gifted billionaires a holiday bonus—paid for by you Former Sen. Jon Tester talks Citizens United with CAP’s Tom Moore Nov 26, 2025
In a Stagnating Job Market, Job Seekers Are Struggling To Find Opportunities ArticleNovember 20, 2025 In a Stagnating Job Market, Job Seekers Are Struggling To Find Opportunities Delayed September 2025 jobs data release reveals the hardships of finding a job in Trump’s economy, especially for people of color. Nov 20, 2025 Kennedy Andara, Sara Estep
7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich ArticleNovember 20, 2025 7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich Overall, the Big Beautiful Bill will harm poor Americans and raise the incomes of rich Americans—driving gains for the rich through cuts to marginal tax rates and the estate tax, along with tax breaks for businesses, business owners, and investors. Nov 20, 2025 Corey Husak
Trump Wants to Talk ‘Affordability,’ But Is Stuck in a Gilded White House Bubble In the NewsNovember 19, 2025 Trump Wants to Talk ‘Affordability,’ But Is Stuck in a Gilded White House Bubble In an op-ed published by Talking Points Memo, Neera Tanden and Lisa Gilbert describe how President Trump’s antidemocratic flaunting of the rule of law is making life more expensive for the American middle class. Nov 19, 2025 Talking Points Memo Lisa Gilbert, Neera Tanden
Hoja informativa: Manos a la obra: Un plan para reducir el costo de la vivienda para todos Hoja informativaNovember 18, 2025 Hoja informativa: Manos a la obra: Un plan para reducir el costo de la vivienda para todos El plan de CAP centraría los esfuerzos federales en la construcción de viviendas para reducir los costos de la vivienda, ahorrándole a los inquilinos en comunidades de alto costo un estimado de $1,000 por año y a los compradores de vivienda por primera vez más de $20,000. Nov 18, 2025 Jared Bernstein, Michael Negron, Natalie Baker, 1 More Chad Maisel
Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All ReportNovember 17, 2025 Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All CAP’s plan would focus federal efforts on building homes and lower housing costs. Nov 17, 2025 Jared Bernstein, Michael Negron, Natalie Baker, 1 More Chad Maisel
Fact Sheet: Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All Fact SheetNovember 17, 2025 Fact Sheet: Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All CAP’s plan would focus federal efforts on building homes to lower housing costs, saving renters in high-cost communities an estimated $1,000 per year and first-time homebuyers more than $20,000. Nov 17, 2025 Jared Bernstein, Michael Negron, Natalie Baker, 1 More Chad Maisel
The Trump Administration’s Hostility to Legal Immigration Harms America’s Global Leadership in Innovation ReportNovember 13, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Hostility to Legal Immigration Harms America’s Global Leadership in Innovation By targeting legal immigration, the United States is signaling to the best and brightest talent around the world that they are unwelcome, harming U.S. leadership in innovation that has strengthened the economy for all Americans. Nov 13, 2025 Ben Greenho, Silva Mathema, Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer, 1 More Debu Gandhi
ACA Premium Spikes Will Derail Disabled People’s Careers ArticleNovember 6, 2025 ACA Premium Spikes Will Derail Disabled People’s Careers The expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits threatens the economic stability and health coverage of self-employed Americans with disabilities. Nov 6, 2025 Molly Weston Williamson, Natasha Murphy, Mia Ives-Rublee
Everybody Likes Unions ArticleNovember 4, 2025 Everybody Likes Unions At a time when Americans cannot agree on many things, unions have achieved popularity across nearly every age group regardless of partisan affiliation or education. Nov 4, 2025 Aurelia Glass
Trump’s latest China deal is anything but a win In the NewsOctober 31, 2025 Trump’s latest China deal is anything but a win Ryan Mulholland breaks down Trump's trade deal with Xi Jinping. Oct 31, 2025 MSNBC Ryan Mulholland
5 Ways the Trump Administration Is Forcing Families To Go Hungry ArticleOctober 30, 2025 5 Ways the Trump Administration Is Forcing Families To Go Hungry After taking food away from hungry Americans all year, the Trump administration is using the government shutdown to illegally withhold SNAP benefits, letting 42 million Americans go hungry in November. Oct 30, 2025 Ryan Koronowski, Kyle Ross
5 Consequences of Private Equity’s Expansion in Health Care Services ReportOctober 30, 2025 5 Consequences of Private Equity’s Expansion in Health Care Services The rapid rise of private equity’s influence over health care providers such as hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians’ practices threatens competition, affordability, patient safety, and worker welfare. Oct 30, 2025 Brian Keyser, Alexandra Thornton, Claire Koyle
The Fight To Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers ArticleOctober 28, 2025 The Fight To Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers across the country are ramping up pressure on the corporation to finalize a first contract that could boost take home pay, hours, benefits, and working conditions. Oct 28, 2025 Karla Walter, David Madland
Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice IssueNovember 1, 2021 Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.
Restoring Social Trust in Democracy IssueNovember 1, 2021 Restoring Social Trust in Democracy Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. We must act to ensure it is accessible to all, accountable, and can serve as a force of good.
Building an Economy for All IssueNovember 1, 2021 Building an Economy for All Economic growth must be built on the foundation of a strong and secure middle class so that all Americans benefit from growth.