The Center for American Progress constantly strives to find meaningful solutions and pathways to promote progressive policy advancement at the state and local level. Our work focuses on locally driven solutions as well as the vast policy and communications expertise in the organization. We hope this research and data can help facilitate thoughtful debate among state and local leaders so that we can bring about progressive change in an ever-changing political landscape.
This interactive uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to estimate how many students, overall and disaggregated, enroll in AP courses, take AP tests, and pass AP tests.
While gun violence is a uniquely American problem, the specific impact varies widely from state to state.
This interactive illustrates actions taken by states to combat federal sabotage of the Affordable Care Act.
This interactive tool provides examples of programs and initiatives across the country working to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.
An interactive details the number and distribution of mixed-status families, by state.
This interactive map shows how each state ranks in terms of overall levels of gun violence.
This interactive map shows the economic losses each state would suffer if unauthorized immigrants were removed from the country.
In 2016 and 2020, U.S. citizen family members of those who are eligible for DAPA will make up significant and growing portions of voters in key states across the country.