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STATEMENT: Patrick Gaspard Celebrates the Life of Cecile Richards
Washington, D.C. — Today Cecile Richards, longtime activist and former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America died at the age of 67. In response, Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO ...
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Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress
The polio vaccine is among the immunizations that today’s children routinely receive. Before that vaccine became available in the 1950s, thousands of U.S. children died from polio every year, 11 ...
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STATEMENT: Lack of Bids for Arctic Refuge Shows Failure of ‘Drill Baby, Drill’ Strategy
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management did not receive a single bid during a congressionally mandated oil and gas lease sale ...
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STATEMENT: SEIU Reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO Shows the Labor Movement is Ready to Meet the Moment, Says CAP’s Patrick Gaspard
Washington, D.C. — Today, the SEIU and the AFL-CIO announced that the SEIU will reaffiliate with the AFL-CIO. Following the announcement, Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for ...
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STATEMENT: CAP Praises Final Rule on Technology-Neutral Clean Energy Tax Credits
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Treasury Department released final rules for the technology-neutral clean energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. The two tax credits will create ...
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RELEASE: CAP Report Calls for States To Lead the Way on Climate
Washington, D.C. — State leadership on climate change is more important than ever as the country transitions to a Trump administration that is not supportive of climate progress, according to a ...
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States Must Lead the Way on Climate
State governments must step up to help avoid the worst impacts of climate change and build a more prosperous, inclusive, and globally competitive American clean energy economy. For years, many ...
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RELEASE: Vaccine Hesitancy Threatens the Health of American Children and Communities
Washington, D.C. — Routine childhood immunization is heralded as one of the greatest public health success stories and has saved 154 million lives globally since 1974. A new Center for American ...
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STATEMENT: CAP Praises New California National Monuments Honoring Tribes
Washington D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden used the Antiquities Act to formally designate the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments in southwestern California. These designations ...
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STATEMENT: Genocide Determination in Sudan Is Important Step Toward Accountability
Washington, D.C. — Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are perpetrating genocide in Sudan. Blinken acknowledged that Sudan is ...
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About the Progressive Studies Program
The Progressive Studies Program is a unique interdisciplinary project exploring the history, intellectual foundations, and public understanding of progressivism in America. The program seeks to ...
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About Sustainable Security
Sustainable security redefines how we think about national security in today’s shifting, globalized world. Instead of focusing solely on traditional threats, we also need to help spur greater ...