Smart tariffs are an important part of industrial policy, but Trump’s tariff agenda is ill-conceived, self-defeating, and harmful to workers. Commercial freight trucks line up to cross into the ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100. Following the announcement of his death Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, released the ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Office of Management and Budget released a notice for proposed rulemaking eliminating Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ...

Increasing levels of consolidation among private payers, driven by vertical integration and market specialization, are undermining competition and fueling higher health care costs. Over the past ...

This column provides background on Section 14(c) and guidance on how to submit a comment on the Biden administration’s proposed rule to eliminate subminimum wages for disabled people. Disabled ...

Multiple federal agencies manage 622 million acres of public lands, which make up 27 percent of the United States’ land area 31 and 48 percent of the land area of the 11 Western states. 32 ...

The U.S. economy has achieved staggering growth over the past several decades, with the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growing 115 percent from 1979 to 2024. 6 The post-pandemic period ...

Without a national paid leave program, too many people today are unable to take the time they need to address their own serious health needs or those of a loved one, or to welcome a new child ...

Washington, D.C. — Over the past two decades, America’s health care industry has experienced substantial consolidation. With only a few large companies dominating the U.S. health insurance ...

CAP staff with “Beasts of the Southern Wild” star Quvenzhané Wallis (center front) and producer Michael Gottwald (center rear) at the film’s 2013 Reel Progress screening. (CAP/Ralph Alswang) ...

Washington, D.C. — The 2017 tax law was fundamentally flawed, increasing income inequality while putting upward pressure on the debt for little payoff. Looking ahead to the 2025 tax debate, a ...

Washington, D.C. — Allison McManus, managing director of National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement after reports the Syrian ...