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King’s Legacy Should Inspire Us In This Fragile Moment In America
Photos: Twitter\YouTube Washington, D.C. — Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement in commemoration of Martin ...
New Report Highlights Top Threats To American Elections
Photos: Twitter Washington, D.C. — As states continue to pass measures that would allow partisan interference with the election process, a new brief from ...
Senate Filibuster Must Be Reformed To Stop Republican Voter Suppression Of Blacks, Minorities
Photos: YouTube\Twitter Last week, Senate Republicans again uniformly blocked Democrats’ attempt to begin debate on urgently needed voting rights legislation. The minority party’s filibuster ...
CAP: Black White Wealth Gap Exacerbate By COVID Crisis
Photo: YouTube Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress shows that the long-standing Black-white wealth gap hurt Black households’ ...
Republicans Trying To Block Voting Rights Legislation While Enacting Voter Suppression Bills
Photos: Twitter Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, members of the Senate Democratic Caucus unanimously voted to begin debate on legislation to strengthen U.S. democracy. Known ...
Debt Relief Program for Farmers of Color Must be Reinstated
Photos: Twitter Washington, D.C. — Thursday, a federal judge in Wisconsin issued a restraining order on $4 billion of debt relief that was part ...
Fair Housing Rule Reinstatement Is Important in Ending Housing Discrimination
Photo: NFHA Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an interim final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, ...
CAP Commemorates Anniversaries of Gun Violence in Charleston and Orlando
Photo: Twitter Washington, D.C. — Next week marks the anniversary of two horrific mass shootings that are prominently and permanently etched into America’s long, ...
Voting Rights Are Foundational and Cannot Be Sacrificed
Photos: YouTube\Twitter Washington, D.C. — Ben Olinsky, senior vice president for Policy and Strategy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement ...
Immigration: The Path To Citizenship Is Path To A More Democratic America
Photos: YouTube\Twitter If negotiations in Congress open a path to citizenship this year for the roughly 10.2 million undocumented immigrants in America, the U.S. ...