Center for American Progress
2024年10月31日 · Center for American Progress. The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ...
The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color and ...
2012年3月13日 · For a more recent version of this information, see “8 Facts You Should Know About the Criminal Justice System and People of Color” by Jamal Hagler. This month the United States celebrates the ...
10 Ways the ACA Has Improved Health Care in the Past Decade
2020年3月23日 · The ACA also invested in other improvements for the Medicare program by establishing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which is responsible for developing ways to improve patient ...
The Top 12 Solutions To Cut Poverty in the United States
2021年6月30日 · This column outlines 12 policy solutions that Congress can use to cut poverty and boost economic security for all in an equitable way. 1. Expand safety net programs to benefit all in need. Safety ...
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Boost an Economic ...
2021年1月27日 · President Joe Biden included a long overdue pay raise for millions of America’s minimum wage workers in his $1.9 trillion rescue plan rolled out last week. Its inclusion immediately came under ...
Fact Sheet: Weak Gun Laws Are Driving Increases in ...
2022年8月18日 · Iowa has seen a dramatic increase in gun violence after weakening its state gun laws. Nonfatal shootings increased by 11.7 percent, from 204 in 2019 to 228 in 2020. More guns equal less crime and ...
Data on Poverty in the United States - Center for American Progress
2022年9月19日 · Poverty rate (SPM) 13. 12.9%. 42.8 million people. Percentage of people who fell below the poverty thresholds adjusted for housing costs—$36,915 for a family of four with a mortgage, $30,870 for ...
100 Years After the 19th Amendment, the Fight for Women’s …
2020年8月18日 · It’s been 100 years since the landmark ratification and adoption of the 19th Amendment, which cemented a promise into the U.S. Constitution that “the right of citizens of the United States to ...
The Facts on Marijuana Equity and Decriminalization
2021年4月20日 · Automatic retroactive expungement of past marijuana convictions: Roughly 70 to 100 million people are living in the United States with a criminal record, which can carry lasting effects and hinder ...
Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of ...
2023年1月12日 · LGBTQI+ people and other “sexual and gender diverse” 1 people experience structural and interpersonal discrimination that adversely affects their well-being and drives disparate outcomes ...