CAP ACTION
The Middle Class Is Key to a Better-Educated Nation
David Madland and Nick Bunker find that a stronger American middle class is associated with higher levels of academic achievement.
» Middle-Class Societies Invest More in Public Education (CAP Action)
The Conservative-Created Jobs Crisis
Heather Boushey charts responsibility for the slow recovery in job creation in our economy, laying the blame on conservatives in Congress.
Recommendations for the G-20
Sabina Dewan and James Hairston on what the leaders of the world's major economies need to work on this week.
REPORT
Unburdening America’s Middle Class
Christian Weller outlines ways for American workers and their families to get out of high indebtedness.
What the 99 Percent Is Fighting
The Center for American Progress identifies three factors that contributed to the creation of two Americas: one for the top 1 percent and one for the rest of us.
Race and Ethnicity | November 8, 2011
Pat Buchanan: America Is Doomed
Sam Fulwood III offers a brighter vision of a more diverse America than Pat Buchanan’s new book, which prophesizes a dark future without white supremacy.Religion & Values | November 8, 2011
The Vatican and Occupy Wall Street Agree on a Just Economy
A note late last month from the Catholic Church’s governing body calling for economic fairness should strike a chord with the protesters, says Jake Paysour. Energy & Environment | November 8, 2011
Power for the People
Kate Gordon presents the choices we face to build an energy economy that works for all of us or just for Big Oil.Housing | November 8, 2011
Why Treasury Should Extend the New Issue Bond Program
Jordan Eizenga maps out why the Obama administration program is a success that needs another year extension to help our housing market.Race and Ethnicity | November 7, 2011
How to Better Serve Growing U.S. Asian American Communities
A CAP event focuses on how new data on Asian groups can be used for polices that meet their needs.ALSO FROM THE CENTER
- The Public’s Priorities for Government: Public Opinion by Ruy Teixeira
- Dowd, Not Coulter, ‘Falters’: Think Again by Eric Alterman
- Getting to Global Zero: Arms Control Group Aims to Rid the World of Nuclear Weapons by 2030
- The Private Mortgage Market Investment Act: Testimony before House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises
- Progressive Faith Groups Need to Speak Up Against Personhood Amendment in Mississippi: Ballot Measure Would Erase Women’s Reproductive Rights
AT A GLANCE
By an overwhelming 40-point margin, the public endorses the idea that money and wealth in the country should be more fairly distributed. Read more here.
ASK THE EXPERT
Alabama Goes Extreme on Immigration
Marshall Fitz gives the basics on Alabama's super stringent law and its consequences for the state.
PUBLICATIONS
Progress 2050
Vanessa Cárdenas, Julie Ajinkya, and Daniella Gibbs Leger explain the demographic changes our nation will experience over the next four decades and why a progressive vision is needed to ensure we take advantage of diversity as one of our greatest assets.
- Gateways to the Principalship: Gretchen Rhines Cheney and Jacquelyn Davis explain why schools need to be led by skilled principals who support effective teaching across the entire school.
- How Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law Could Hurt the State’s (and the Nation’s) Economy: Tom Baxter explains the possible negative economic effects of new anti-immigrant legislation in Georgia.
- Federal Investment in Charter Schools: Report from Melissa Lazarín offers recommendations for Congress as it determines how best to support the next generation of effective charter schools.
