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The Trump administration’s abusive efforts to repurpose millions of federal records and funnel them into a centralized ...
More than 17,000 offshore jobs and thousands more onshore are connected to wind power projects that are at risk from the ...
The High Cost of Truancy Chronic truancy has short-term consequences for students but can have long-lasting effects for individuals, families, and communities.
Congress has failed to reauthorize expired programs and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) ended some mandatory public land payments that rural communities have relied on since 1908—diverting ...
Join CAP for a discussion on how state and local leaders can mitigate the effects of federal cuts to public school to ensure ...
Due to a historic economic recovery, inflation-adjusted wealth for younger Americans has grown 49 percent since right before the pandemic—a positive trend following decades of stagnation.
Bridging the divide between communities of color and law enforcement begins by recognizing that discord is rooted in the origins of policing in America.
This is the final video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund.
The $78 Billion Community College Funding Shortfall A closer look at the revenue gaps between community colleges and public four-year institutions reveals significant inequities and underscores ...
Five years ago, the Center for American Progress wrote about the growing force that women of color voters bring to the U.S. electorate. 1 Each year since, women of color have constituted a greater ...
DOGE Takes a Chainsaw to the Services That Small Businesses Need Trump administration slashes important federal services for small businesses amid tariff uncertainty.
The TCJA 2 Years Later: Corporations, Not Workers, Are the Big Winners The massive corporate tax cut is costing more than expected and not trickling down to workers.