The United States is entering a pivotal moment for its trade agenda. Major negotiations, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum, could shape and reframe how the nation approaches trade for the next generation. Please join the Center for American Progress for remarks by Ambassador Katherine Tai. Ambassador […]
Today, more capital is raised annually in private markets than in the public markets. Hundreds of multibillion-dollar companies can raise all the capital they need from an unlimited number of unaffiliated investors, while selling products and services to tens of thousands of customers and employing thousands of people. Many are unicorns—companies that started in private […]
To celebrate 20 years of solving the country’s most urgent issues through progressive policy, please join the Center for American Progress online for a special anniversary edition of our signature event, the CAP IDEAS Conference. The 2023 IDEAS Conference will recognize our collective accomplishments as we take on the most urgent challenges of today—from growing […]
The Inflation Reduction Act reversed more than a decade of disinvestment in the IRS by providing $80 billion to boost tax enforcement and modernize the agency over 10 years. Yet repeal of that funding has become a major priority for the new House Republican majority, and the agreement to avert default and raise the debt […]
This summer, Florida saw record-breaking temperatures that caused heat-related illnesses and electricity bills to spike as well as widespread coral bleaching and marine mortality throughout the Florida Keys—the most severe ever experienced in the state’s history. Additionally, in August 2023, Hurricane Idalia tore through Florida, causing pervasive flooding and becoming the United States’ 23rd billion-dollar […]
This year, Held v. Montana—the only constitutional climate litigation to go on trial in the United States—was brought by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of children. The Held case was tried in state judicial district court in Helena, Montana, in June 2023. On August 14, the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in this landmark decision, deciding […]
New green trade laws and partnerships may be the key to reshaping the global economy and reaching the 1.5 degree Celsius goal. Even so, green trade mechanisms could pose challenges for developing countries, and it is unclear how far labor protections would extend to working people around the world. Hosted by the Center for American […]
This two-day, online event represents a unique opportunity for advocates, survivors, policymakers, students, religious leaders, doctors, stakeholders from other social justice movements, and other change-makers to discuss some of the largest challenges and opportunities facing the movement. The summit will feature speeches and discussions by leading advocates of the gun violence prevention movement.
American democracy is facing multiple threats, not the least of which is political violence. Political leaders are using extremist language and emotional cues that inflame grievances and are understood to authorize or condone physical harm to opponents or public officials. Since 2022, for example, the United States has seen the attempted assassination of Supreme Court […]
American democracy is in crisis. The country has become deeply divided along partisan lines, causing Americans to turn against each other. Compromise has become scarce, while threats of political violence have risen. But there’s hope in an unlikely place: Alaska. In 2022, Alaska completed its first election under its new electoral system, known as “Final […]
On Sunday, October 31, Japan’s 465-seat House of Representatives will be up for election, presenting a critical test for newly selected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition is looking to retain the large majority it has wielded for nearly a decade, yet an increasingly unified opposition aims to reduce the government’s […]
The American education system is at a crossroads, with implications for the future of our democracy, our economy, and national security. Bringing together researchers, advocates, and policymakers from across the education continuum—early childhood, K-12 education, higher education, and workforce development—this two-day summit will explore a path toward creating a strong progressive agenda for education. Through […]
