Securing American Competitiveness: Building a Clean and Cyber-Resilient Manufacturing Sector ReportJuly 16, 2025 Securing American Competitiveness: Building a Clean and Cyber-Resilient Manufacturing Sector Jul 16, 2025 Jamie Friedman
4 Reasons the Senate’s AI Pause Should Be Opposed ArticleJune 27, 2025 4 Reasons the Senate’s AI Pause Should Be Opposed Jun 27, 2025 Nicole Alvarez, Adam Conner
How State Capture and Corruption Harms Citizens: Lessons From Abroad ArticleApril 15, 2025 How State Capture and Corruption Harms Citizens: Lessons From Abroad Apr 15, 2025 Robert Benson
Industrial Policy Projects Boosted Harris and Hurt Trump in the 2024 Election, but Not by Much ReportMarch 3, 2025 Industrial Policy Projects Boosted Harris and Hurt Trump in the 2024 Election, but Not by Much Mar 3, 2025 Aurelia Glass, David Madland
Securing American Competitiveness: Building a Clean and Cyber-Resilient Manufacturing Sector ReportJuly 16, 2025 Securing American Competitiveness: Building a Clean and Cyber-Resilient Manufacturing Sector As the United States invests in transforming its manufacturing sector to reduce emissions and produce clean technologies, it has an opportunity to strengthen cybersecurity simultaneously. Jul 16, 2025 Jamie Friedman
4 Reasons the Senate’s AI Pause Should Be Opposed ArticleJune 27, 2025 4 Reasons the Senate’s AI Pause Should Be Opposed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s AI pause would block states subject to it from enforcing laws that protect residents from AI-driven harms, including criminal offenses and health care decisions. Senators should vote to remove it from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during reconciliation. Jun 27, 2025 Nicole Alvarez, Adam Conner
How State Capture and Corruption Harms Citizens: Lessons From Abroad ArticleApril 15, 2025 How State Capture and Corruption Harms Citizens: Lessons From Abroad Examples from abroad serve as prescient warnings that corruption and state capture erode services, impoverish societies, and compromise public safety. Apr 15, 2025 Robert Benson
Industrial Policy Projects Boosted Harris and Hurt Trump in the 2024 Election, but Not by Much ReportMarch 3, 2025 Industrial Policy Projects Boosted Harris and Hurt Trump in the 2024 Election, but Not by Much A county-by-county analysis finds that additional IIJA, CHIPS and Science Act, and IRA investments were associated with higher vote share for Kamala Harris compared with Joe Biden and a lower vote share in 2024 for Trump compared with 2020—but the differences are slight. Mar 3, 2025 Aurelia Glass, David Madland
Trump’s War on America Risks a Wave of Catastrophes ArticleFebruary 27, 2025 Trump’s War on America Risks a Wave of Catastrophes President Trump’s reckless dismantling of government agencies and safeguards exposes America to a wave of preventable disasters. Feb 27, 2025 Tom Moore
Highlights from ‘State Efforts To Decarbonize Key Industrial Sectors’ VideoJanuary 28, 2025 Highlights from ‘State Efforts To Decarbonize Key Industrial Sectors’ The Center for American Progress held a virtual event that explored state policy efforts to decarbonize and detoxify the production of construction materials and discussed lessons learned from policy implementation. Jan 28, 2025 Jamie Friedman, Reema Bzeih, Matthew Gossage
Blue Lake Rancheria: Working Toward a Climate-Resilient Future VideoOctober 14, 2024 Blue Lake Rancheria: Working Toward a Climate-Resilient Future One Northern California Tribe has been working toward a transition to a zero-carbon community for its economic, environmental, health, and overall resilience benefits. Oct 14, 2024 Margaret Cooney, Hai-Lam Phan, Adam Reich, 3 More Olivia Mowry, Toni Pandolfo, Matthew Gossage
Americans Recognize Housing Affordability Crisis, Support New Policies To Fix the Market and Build More Homes ArticleOctober 9, 2024 Americans Recognize Housing Affordability Crisis, Support New Policies To Fix the Market and Build More Homes New survey data show housing affordability is a salient national issue. Oct 9, 2024 Joe Radosevich, Doug Turner
4 Lessons on Creating Good Manufacturing Jobs Through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Industrial Investments ReportOctober 7, 2024 4 Lessons on Creating Good Manufacturing Jobs Through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Industrial Investments The Biden-Harris administration's industrial investments from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act are creating U.S. manufacturing jobs and often result in high-quality union jobs, but policymakers can go further to uphold job quality on projects that receive federal investments. Oct 7, 2024 Aurelia Glass, Karla Walter
Building Opportunity: Expanding Housing in America by Reforming Local Land Use ReportSeptember 19, 2024 Building Opportunity: Expanding Housing in America by Reforming Local Land Use Reducing regulatory barriers to housing production can unleash new supply and serve as an important complement to federal, state, and local programs that provide direct subsidies for low-income housing construction and maintenance. Sep 19, 2024 Kevin DeGood
Incentivizing Housing That Is Affordable, Sustainable, and Transit-Accessible ReportSeptember 19, 2024 Incentivizing Housing That Is Affordable, Sustainable, and Transit-Accessible Reforming existing federal programs to expand the supply of affordable, sustainable, and transit-accessible housing will provide millions of Americans with a stable foundation for economic success. Sep 19, 2024 Kevin DeGood, Jasia Smith, Leo Banks, 1 More Jumana Dhanerawala
A New Vision for Social Housing in America ArticleSeptember 19, 2024 A New Vision for Social Housing in America The most effective way to solve America’s severe housing affordability crisis is to undertake a bold federal program of social housing construction that will deliver millions of new affordable, self-sustaining housing units located in opportunity-rich areas. Sep 19, 2024 Kevin DeGood, Christian E. Weller, David Ballard, 1 More Jessica Vela
New Samsung Semiconductor Plant in Taylor, Texas ArticleJuly 26, 2024 New Samsung Semiconductor Plant in Taylor, Texas An investment by Samsung, spurred by funding from the CHIPS and Science Act, will create a new semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas, to complement the company’s previous investment in chips in Austin, Texas. Jul 26, 2024
City of Las Vegas GreeNVision Reconstruction of Stewart Avenue ArticleJuly 26, 2024 City of Las Vegas GreeNVision Reconstruction of Stewart Avenue This grant provides funding for the city of Las Vegas to reconstruct Stewart Avenue to be easier and safer to traverse and access. Jul 26, 2024
New York Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge Restoration ArticleJuly 26, 2024 New York Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge Restoration This investment provides funding to restore one of the most economically significant bridges in the country, currently in deep disrepair, so that it can remain in use for another 65 years. Jul 26, 2024
Rebuild Blatnik Bridge Connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota ArticleMay 22, 2024 Rebuild Blatnik Bridge Connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota Utilizing funds provided by the Biden administration, the cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, are rebuilding a bridge that would otherwise need to be shut down in 2030. May 22, 2024
Rural Communities Can Benefit From Infrastructure Funds—if Rollout Is Done Right ReportApril 24, 2024 Rural Communities Can Benefit From Infrastructure Funds—if Rollout Is Done Right The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s nearly $1.8 trillion marks a profound boost in infrastructure spending; but to make the most of new resources, the federal government must address communities’ wariness of projects because of past treatment. Apr 24, 2024 Grete Gansauer, Mark Haggerty
The Surprising Political Difficulty of Promoting Infrastructure Safety In the NewsApril 18, 2024 The Surprising Political Difficulty of Promoting Infrastructure Safety Kevin DeGood writes in Governing about whether Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse could have been avoided. Apr 18, 2024 Governing Kevin DeGood
Guest Column: Massachusetts Should Embrace Decongestion Pricing In the NewsMarch 21, 2024 Guest Column: Massachusetts Should Embrace Decongestion Pricing Kevin DeGood argues for decongestion pricing in a new era of transportation in a column in Streetsblog Massachusetts. Mar 21, 2024 Streetsblog Massachusetts Kevin DeGood
Fixing the Brent Spence Bridge ArticleMarch 19, 2024 Fixing the Brent Spence Bridge This grant provides funding to repair the Brent Spence Bridge between Kentucky and Ohio and to build a new companion bridge. Mar 19, 2024
Cirba Solutions Battery Recycling Plant ArticleMarch 19, 2024 Cirba Solutions Battery Recycling Plant A $74 million investment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will help Cirba Solutions open and operate a new battery recycling facility. Mar 19, 2024
First Solar Thin Film Research and Development Center ArticleMarch 19, 2024 First Solar Thin Film Research and Development Center First Solar is spending $450 million to establish a research and development center focused on the production of thin film photovoltaic modules. Mar 19, 2024
America’s Lead Crisis Demands a Comprehensive Solution | Opinion In the NewsMarch 19, 2024 America’s Lead Crisis Demands a Comprehensive Solution | Opinion Mariam Rashid and Hailey Gibbs make the case for why we need a whole-of-nation approach to solve America’s lead crisis. Mar 19, 2024 Newsweek Hailey Gibbs, Mariam Rashid
What California Can Teach America About How To Increase Housing Production ArticleMarch 13, 2024 What California Can Teach America About How To Increase Housing Production Recent legislation in California has reduced the legal barriers to producing new housing units—everything from accessory dwelling units to large, multifamily buildings—when local governments fail to zone their communities for adequate housing. Mar 13, 2024 Kevin DeGood
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.
Advancing Racial Equity and Justice IssueNovember 1, 2021 Advancing Racial Equity and Justice We apply a racial equity lens in developing and advancing policies that aim to root out entrenched systemic racism to ensure everyone has an opportunity to thrive.