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Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden took action to put federal agencies on a path toward raising the minimum wage for federal employees and contract workers to $15 dollars per hour, providing them with emergency paid leave, and restoring essential collective bargaining rights and protections to federal employees. The order builds on previous actions taken by […]

STATEMENT: Biden’s Executive Orders To Address Hunger in the United States Will Save Lives Date: January 22, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to address the growing hunger crisis in the United States. Following the signing of the orders,  Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines, vice president of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: At a time when tens of millions of people do not have enough to eat, the impact of today’s executive orders cannot be overstated...

RELEASE: 10 Recommendations That Will Improve Maine’s Economy and Democracy Date: January 22, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — In Maine, more than 12 percent of residents live below the poverty line, and more than 1 in 3 families do not earn enough to pay for basic expenses. A new report from the Center for American Progress explains how strengthening worker power is key to reducing poverty and economic inequality in the state and how it would help to raise wages, close racial and gender pay gaps, and make the state’s democracy more responsive to the public. While there a...

RELEASE: New CAP Report Examines the Implications of Climate Change to the Agricultural Lending Sector Date: January 14, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress examines the mounting threat of climate change for the agricultural finance sector. From emerging pests and diseases to changing weather patterns, the climate crisis poses extreme risks to farmers and ranchers. If left unchecked, climate change will likely devastate the agricultural economy, with dire implications for the agricultural and rural credit market. The report expl...

RELEASE: CAP Report Outlines the Structural But Solvable Problem of Child Poverty in the U.S. Date: January 12, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — The United States consistently has the highest child poverty rate of any OECD country. Nearly 11 million—or 1 in 7—children in the United States live in poverty. And systemic inequalities stretching back before the country’s founding contribute to disproportionate rates of poverty for Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native children. And while these data were calculated before the COVID-19 crisis, already some calculations hav...