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Washington, D.C.— A new report from the Center for American Progress recommends steps the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can take to use its existing authorities to make digital asset trading more energy efficient, protect investors, and prevent money laundering, tax evasion, and criminal activity. The report argues that many digital assets, such as some […]

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, a federal judge in Wisconsin issued a restraining order on $4 billion of debt relief that was part of a program designed to help Black and other farmers of color as part of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan. Following the decision, Nicole Lee Ndumele, vice president for Racial Equity and […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an interim final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, based on a 2015 rule first issued by the Obama administration. Following the posting of the rule, Lily Roberts, managing director for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: […]

Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the May 2021 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Today’s jobs numbers show that the effects of the American Rescue Plan and President Joe Biden’s vaccination program are helping Americans get back to work. While the increase […]

Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and the National Employment Law Project examines recent momentum as well as lessons learned from a wave of clean slate and fair chance licensing reforms in states around the country. Following decades of overcriminalization, 1 in 3 American adults now […]

Washington, D.C.- Today President Biden released his fiscal year 2022 budget proposal. Following the release, Mara Rudman, executive vice president at the Center for American Progress issued the following statement: President Biden’s budget tackles the country’s most urgent challenges. Along with the priorities outlined in the American Jobs Plan, and the American Families Plan, the […]

RELEASE: CAP Report Advocates for Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements Date: May 11, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress looks at how bank capital requirements can be an important tool in strengthening the resilience of the financial system to climate-related risks. While the precise impact of climate change on the financial system is uncertain, it clearly has the potential to cause a financial...

STATEMENT: CAP Economist Michael Madowitz on the April 2021 Jobs Report Date: May 7, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. —  Michael Madowitz, an economist at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published its April 2021 employment situation report: Today’s announcement that the economy added 266,000 jobs last month underscores that, while the economy is in recovery, it is not recovering quickly enough. A...

Washington, D.C. — Today, a federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump vacated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) temporary federal eviction moratorium. Following the ruling, Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines, vice president of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: Ensuring that everyone has access to secure, […]

RELEASE: CAP Welcomes Mia Ives-Rublee as Director of the Disability Justice Initiative Date: May 3, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress announced that Mia Ives-Rublee will be the next director of its Disability Justice Initiative (DJI), taking over for Founding Director Rebecca Cokley. Launched in 2018, the DJI is a first-of-its-kind think tank program, which applies disability as a lens across policy issues, centering wholeness, intersection...