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Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring that federal contract workers earn $15 per hour. The order builds on previous actions taken by the Obama administration that created a wage floor and extended the protections to Americans with disabilities working on contracts. Following the signing of the order, Karla Walter, senior director […]

RELEASE: Nicole Lee Ndumele Named Vice President of Racial Equity and Justice at CAP Date: April 20, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress announced that Nicole Lee Ndumele will be its new vice president of Racial Equity and Justice. In this role, Ndumele will lead the organization’s cross-cutting work to advance bold, large-scale policy solutions, from the economy to the education and justice systems, that meet the long-standing challenge of racial injustice and seize the current opportunity to build a better America where all Americans ha...

RELEASE: CAP Welcomes Senator Doug Jones as a Distinguished Senior Fellow Date: April 20, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick “Sen. Jones has been a leader in the fight for civil rights for decades,” said  John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress. “At this critical moment, I’m grateful that the former senator will bring to CAP his deep expertise and commitment to racial equity and strengthening our democracy.” “Events over the past year have brought our country to a moment of reckoning on matters of race and justice, including inequities in health care, education, inco...

STATEMENT: Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Is a Historic Reinvestment in the American People Date: April 9, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Mara Rudman, executive vice president for Policy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: President Biden’s funding request to Congress lays out a progressive foundation for sustainable growth that will benefit the American people, especially workers and the middle class, not just the wealthy. The president’s proposal will reverse a decade of disinvestment in our people and our government. Even before the COVID-19 cris...

Washington, D.C. — Today in Pittsburgh, President Joe Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan, a new proposal to build back better and create millions of new, good-paying jobs by investing in people, communities, and the economic infrastructure that will give every American the opportunity to thrive. In response, John Podesta, founder of the Center for […]