Please join the Center for American Progress for a discussion of the new documentary film Mayor Pete. Mayor Pete brings viewers inside U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s campaign to be the youngest U.S. president, providing an unprecedented intimacy with the candidate, his husband Chasten, and their ambitious team. This film reveals what really goes on inside […]
Join the conversation on Twitter using #TechReg. Read the new CAP report: How To Regulate Tech: A Technology Policy Framework for Online Services At a time when Americans are more reliant on online services than ever before, the question of how to protect the public interest online is increasingly urgent. The federal government currently has limited ability […]
Global leaders recently met at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to find a solution to the existential threat that touches every person on the planet—climate change. While science shows us that the only way to solve the climate crisis is for economies to move away from fossil fuels and […]
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Eric Lander and Deputy Director for Science and Society Alondra Nelson recently announced that OSTP is engaging a wide array of stakeholders—in industry, academia, government, civil society, and the general public—in a national endeavor to make sure new and emerging data-driven technologies abide by the enduring values […]
Months before the seditious attack on the nation’s Capitol on January 6, many religious Americans knew that the survival of U.S. democracy hung in the balance. Faith communities from diverse traditions, ideologies, and backgrounds were critical to protecting the 2020 election. Now, as democracy continues to come under threat, faith communities have persisted in resisting […]
Thursday, January 20, 2022, marks the one-year anniversary since Joe Biden took the oath of office as president of the United States. President Biden inherited many challenges, including one of the worst economies in generations, with millions of Americans out of work and tens of thousands of businesses shuttered. But the latest recession only compounded […]
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a once-in-a-generation piece of legislation, estimated to create almost 800,000 jobs annually over the course of 10 years—primarily meaningful, family-sustaining work in construction and skilled trades. The largest infrastructure investment in decades must take steps to ensure access to good jobs for underrepresented workers, including women and communities of color. As infrastructure dollars roll […]
President Joe Biden entered the oval office during a critical moment in the enduring struggle for racial justice in America. The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic downturn exacerbated long-standing racial and environmental injustices harming communities of color. At the same time, the heartbreaking loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and far too many […]
Slightly more than one year ago, on his very first day in office, President Joe Biden rescinded the Muslim ban, a consequential step that set the tone for the administration’s approach to religious liberty to date. The Biden administration has taken a number of steps within its first year to protect religious liberty—by addressing Trump-era […]
With outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in limited to a single term by the country’s constitution, voters will elect a new president on Wednesday, March 9. The race has been closely fought between Lee Jae-myung, the candidate from Moon’s progressive Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), and Yoon Suk-yeol, the conservative People Power Party’s (PPP) nominee, […]
COVID-19 has drastically impacted our country over the past two years, resulting in a devastating loss of life, jobs, and economic security for millions of Americans. Despite the dire health and economic implications of the pandemic, the labor market and economy have recovered at a record pace, far outperforming any expectations even a year ago. […]
Japan is in the midst of a widening debate over its foreign and security policies as the Asian security environment shifts. On Tuesday, March 22, please join the Center for American Progress for a public address by Kenta Izumi, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japan’s leading opposition party, on his vision for […]
