Affordable Care Act

Coverage Losses Under the Senate Health Care Bill Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Additional Deaths in 2026
Coverage Losses Under the Senate Health Care Bill Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Additional Deaths in 2026
One Republican member of Congress, defending the GOP health care plan—the American Health Care Act (AHCA)—suggested that concerns that the loss of health care coverage leads to death are overblown. However, the scientific literature on the effects of insurance coverage on mortality shows that the coverage losses from the AHCA would result in tens of...
By Ann Crawford-Roberts, Nichole Roxas, Ichiro Kawachi, Sam Berger, and Emily Gee
Health Care

The Senate Health Care Bill Would Give Millions to Drug Companies Accused of Helping Fuel the Opioid Crisis
The Senate Health Care Bill Would Give Millions to Drug Companies Accused of Helping Fuel the Opioid Crisis
A $25.7 billion giveaway to drug producers, including millions for opioid manufacturers, would be funded by cutting insurance and raising costs for those suffering from opioid dependence.
By Sam Berger
Health Care
Coverage Losses by State for the Senate Health Care Repeal Bill
Coverage Losses by State for the Senate Health Care Repeal Bill
The Congressional Budget Office projects 22 million fewer Americans would have health insurance by 2026.
By Emily Gee
Health Care
The Impact of the Senate Health Care Bill on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown
The Impact of the Senate Health Care Bill on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown
President Trump’s and Senate Republicans’ health care plan would take Medicaid away from nearly 460,000 veterans.
By Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Rachel West, and Rejane Frederick
Poverty

Minimum Wage

Five Flaws in a New Analysis of Seattle’s Minimum Wage
Five Flaws in a New Analysis of Seattle’s Minimum Wage
Methodological problems plague a University of Washington group’s analysis of Seattle’s recent minimum wage increase.
By Rachel West
Poverty

Events

The Infrastructure of Inequality
Please join the Center for American Progress for a panel discussion of key experts focusing on the tools and infrastructure essential to vigorous civil rights enforcement, as well as the current threats putting these anti-discrimination protections at risk.
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Center for American Progress

Past Events

Higher Education

6 Things Betsy DeVos Has Done on Higher Ed
6 Things Betsy DeVos Has Done on Higher Ed
Since entering office, Secretary DeVos has taken actions that worsen loan servicing, gut consumer protections, and more.
By Ben Miller
Education

Environment

How California Can Continue its Global Climate Leadership
How California Can Continue its Global Climate Leadership
Reauthorizing the state’s cap-and-trade program is critical for global momentum.
By Howard Marano
Energy and Environment
America’s Clean Energy Success, by the Numbers
America’s Clean Energy Success, by the Numbers
The past eight years have created a strong record of growth for clean energy technologies that reflects President Barack Obama’s energy policies and the market conditions they encouraged.
By Robert M. Simon and David J. Hayes
Energy and Environment
The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best
President Donald Trump has put 22 of America’s most scientifically important national parks and monuments at risk.
By Jenny Rowland, Mary Ellen Kustin, and Mathew Brady
Energy and Environment

Immigration

The Facts on Immigration Today: 2017 Edition
The Facts on Immigration Today: 2017 Edition
Here’s what you need to know about our foreign-born population and its impact on the economy, current immigration policy, and voting power of new Americans.
By the CAP Immigration Team and Michael D. Nicholson
Immigration

Progressive Pulse

Generation Progress
TalkPoverty
ThinkProgress (CAP Action)

Foreign Policy

The United States Must Stop the UAE’s Abu Ghraib in Yemen
The United States Must Stop the UAE’s Abu Ghraib in Yemen
The United States has leverage and should use it to stop the tragedy unfolding in detention centers in Yemen.
By Ken Gude
Foreign Policy and Security

Workforce

How Trump’s Executive Order Would Undermine Quality Apprenticeship
How Trump’s Executive Order Would Undermine Quality Apprenticeship
President Donald Trump’s executive order on job training will seriously undermine recent bipartisan efforts to increase workers’ access to good, well-paying jobs through apprenticeship.
By Angela Hanks
Economy
Trump’s Agenda Undermines America’s Workforce
Trump’s Agenda Undermines America’s Workforce
President Trump’s agenda hurts workers’ ability to train for, obtain, and hold good jobs.
By Angela Hanks, Jackie Odum, and Katherine Gallagher Robbins
Poverty
How Gainful Employment Reduces the Government’s Loan Forgiveness Costs
How Gainful Employment Reduces the Government’s Loan Forgiveness Costs
By preventing excessive debt relative to earnings at career training programs, the gainful employment rule also saves taxpayers from long-term student loan forgiveness costs.
By CJ Libassi and Ben Miller
Education

Courts

The Courts Have Halted Trump’s Bigoted Policies, But the Senate Wants to Confirm All His Judges
The Courts Have Halted Trump’s Bigoted Policies, But the Senate Wants to Confirm All His Judges
Federal judges have put the brakes on many of Trump’s dangerous policies, but the president has the potential to appoint more than 100 judges who will rubber-stamp his agenda.
By Billy Corriher and Anisha Singh
Courts