Revenue from the Fiscal Cliff Deal in Context
After a decade of repeated tax cuts, the increase in revenue achieved in the legislation to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff is a step in the right direction, but it won’t be enough. Read more →
Shared Decision Making Improves Care and Reduces Costs
Physicians should more widely use shared decision making, which will benefit physicians and patients alike.
Faith in Values: Resolve to End Homelessness in 2013
Instead of spending billions of dollars on trimming our bellies, let’s shed our nation of homelessness.
Media
Think Again: The Top 10 Stories of 2012—or Maybe Not
Eric Alterman has an alternative take on Politico’s top media stories of the past year and what those stories say about the media’s coverage of politics.
Economy
Cliff Diving
Congressional Republicans’ unwillingness to let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire is irresponsible and will prove harmful to our economic future.
Women's Rights
What the International Community Can Do to Support the Protest Against the Delhi Gang Rape
This week’s horrifying incident is a tangible chance to advocate for stronger policies to protect women from violence, harassment, and discrimination.
Religion and Values
12 Reproductive Justice and Faith Victories of 2012
Faith leaders this year have helped win 12 important victories in the fight for reproductive justice for all.
Media
Think Again: The Power of Un-Reality
As honest journalism has declined, we are more vulnerable to manipulation and distortion of information propagated by powerful interests.
Immigration
Immigration Polling Roundup: The American People Put the 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants First
Recent polling proves that the American people want immigration reform to first and foremost provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship.
Military
Women and Warfare: Denying Combat Recognition Creates ‘Brass Ceiling’
U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown that women can no longer be shielded from enemy fire, but the military still denies them due recognition for their service.
Housing
Examining the Increase in Prepaid Cards as Alternatives to Bank Accounts
The Center for American Progress responds to the 2011 National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households.
Immigration
5 Fast Facts About Black Immigrants in the United States
Black immigrants make up a significant percentage of the U.S. foreign-born population, and they should no longer be absent from the conversation on immigration reform.
Economy
Plan B: Job Losses, Middle-Class Tax Increases, and Trivial Deficit Reduction
House Speaker John Boehner’s plan lacks seriousness and is an attempt to divert attention from an unwillingness to adopt a balanced approach that all serious people recognize as a necessity.
Religion and Values
5 Reasons Faith Communities Care About the Fiscal Showdown
The faithful are standing alongside their fellow citizens to remind our elected officials that society’s most vulnerable—the hungry, the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the needy—should be reflected in and protected by our national policies.
Economy
President Obama’s Latest Proposal Largely Mirrors the Bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Plan
The president is trying to find a middle ground on both revenue and spending cuts, and only the most ideologically blinded lawmakers would reject his latest proposal to resolve the fiscal showdown.
