Head Start plays a critical role in supporting the healthy development of children living in poverty while also helping ...

The Trump Administration’s Trade Wars Are Crushing U.S. Small Businesses The folly of the Trump administration’s trade policy is that it harms the very people it claims to help.

In states across the country, American democracy is being hollowed out from within. Elected leaders are using democratic ...

Bridging the divide between communities of color and law enforcement begins by recognizing that discord is rooted in the origins of policing in America.

This report provides an analysis of the instructional materials used by the 30 largest school districts in the country.

190 rural hospitals in 34 Medicaid expansion states are at immediate risk of closure. Slashing Medicaid could push them over the edge.

Cash bail criminalizes poverty, fuels mass incarceration, and disproportionately affects communities of color. States and localities are increasingly pursuing opportunities for reform.

Mapping America’s Child Care Deserts CAP’s geographic study of child care markets finds that approximately half of Americans across 22 states live in areas with an undersupply of child care ...

How Much Nature Should America Keep? A good answer to this question starts with a commitment to protecting 30 percent of U.S. lands and oceans by 2030.

The system of mass incarceration is perhaps the clearest manifestation of structural racism in the United States—with particularly damaging effects for black women and infants.

By guaranteeing paid family and medical leave, federal and state policymakers can invest in women, a thriving labor force, and the economy at large.

Five years ago, the Center for American Progress wrote about the growing force that women of color voters bring to the U.S. electorate. 1 Each year since, women of color have constituted a greater ...