Faith and Equality

The Build Back Better Act Will Allow Parents To Choose Faith-Based Child Care and Pre-K Article

The Capitol dome as the sun sets in the clouds

The Build Back Better Act Will Allow Parents To Choose Faith-Based Child Care and Pre-K

Despite claims to the contrary, the Build Back Better Act envisions an important role for faith-based child care providers.

Nov 18, 2021

Rasheed Malik

Personal Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Article

The sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City as people walk through the Empty Sky 9/11 memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey, on April 24, 2021. (Getty/Gary Hershorn)

Personal Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

Staff and fellows at the Center for American Progress share how 9/11 changed their lives.

Sep 10, 2021

Center for American Progress staff and fellows

21 Faith Leaders To Watch in 2021 Article

21 Faith Leaders To Watch in 2021

From climate change to gun violence to civil rights, religious leaders are having a positive impact on all areas of American public life.

May 20, 2021

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Maggie Siddiqi

Faith Leaders Highlight How the American Jobs Plan Invests in U.S. Communities Article

Then-presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses the Moral Action Congress of the Poor People's Campaign at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C., June 2019. (Getty/Alex Wong)

Faith Leaders Highlight How the American Jobs Plan Invests in U.S. Communities

Religious groups welcome the Biden administration’s $2 trillion investment in a stronger, more resilient, and more just U.S. economy.

May 7, 2021

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Maggie Siddiqi

Discrimination and Experiences Among LGBTQ People in the US: 2020 Survey Results Interactive

Discrimination and Experiences Among LGBTQ People in the US: 2020 Survey Results

This data interactive displays the results of CAP’s national survey of LGBTQ individuals.

Apr 21, 2021

Lindsay Mahowald, Mathew Brady, Caroline Medina

What You Need To Know About the Equality Act Fact Sheet

(LGBTQ rights demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 2019.)

What You Need To Know About the Equality Act

This fact sheet outlines how the Equality Act would provide much-needed civil rights protections for LGBTQ people, women, people of faith, and others.

Mar 15, 2021

Thee Santos, Caroline Medina, Sharita Gruberg

Religious Groups Rally for the American Rescue Plan Article

Members of Congress observe a moment of silence in memory of the 500,000 deaths due to COVID-19 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2021. (Getty/Al Drago)

Religious Groups Rally for the American Rescue Plan

Faith-based organizations have a long history of fighting for economic justice.

Mar 4, 2021

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

The Pro-Democracy Faith Movement Report

An imam holds hands with a Jewish faith leader during a press conference with an interfaith coalition of faith leaders on the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election and rising hate crimes outside the Masjid Muhammad, The Nation's Mosque, in Washington, November 2016. (Getty/Jim Watson/AFP)

The Pro-Democracy Faith Movement

CAP brought together diverse religious leaders to explore the values underpinning the faith community’s support of democracy.

Feb 18, 2021

Maggie Siddiqi, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Carol Lautier

Improving the Lives and Rights of LGBTQ People in America Report

(LGBTQ rights supporters gather during a candlelight vigil in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on September 14, 2020.)

Improving the Lives and Rights of LGBTQ People in America

The incoming Biden administration has stated its commitment to advancing LGBTQ equality, which will require undoing the harms caused during the last four years and by generations of discrimination, as well as proactively championing a progressive agenda.

Jan 12, 2021

Caroline Medina, Sharita Gruberg, Lindsay Mahowald, 1 More Thee Santos

How Religion and LGBTQ Rights Intersect in Media Coverage Report

Then-Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg addresses a congregation while attending Sunday service at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, February 2020. (Getty/Win McNamee)

How Religion and LGBTQ Rights Intersect in Media Coverage

A study of recent news articles across national and local media outlets reveals that media coverage of LGBTQ rights more often cites religiously identified sources who oppose LGBTQ equality than those who support it.

Dec 21, 2020

Rucha Modi, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Maggie Siddiqi, 1 More Rasheed Malik