The Trump administration owes roughly $300 million to the International Labour Organization, dealing a devastating blow to an ...

This article contains an update. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation would require all Americans to prove ...

In 2025, the official poverty rate decreased while the supplemental poverty rate remained statistically unchanged. Yet cuts ...

The Highest Rates of Gun Homicides Are in Rural Counties Despite media attention on gun violence in large American cities, new analysis of CDC data shows that rural counties persistently have some of ...

After widening for two consecutive years, the gender wage gap narrowed in 2025—to 84 cents for women working full time, ...

The analysis, released following new annual income data from the U.S. Census Bureau, finds that women working full time, year-round earned 84 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2025, narrowing ...

A commonsense and bold set of reforms can build a strong democracy for the 21st century and a government that is responsive to everyday people. The positions of American Progress, and our policy ...

The official poverty rate fell to 10.2 percent, or 34.5 million people, in 2025, while the supplemental poverty measure remained statistically unchanged at 13.1 percent, or nearly 44.4 million people.

New CAP analysis of demographic data shows that union men under age 35 are more likely to get married, have kids, and own ...

The wealthiest 0.1 percent of households have gained more than 8,000 times as much wealth per household as the bottom 50 percent since the end of 2024.

Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, the Trump administration must prepare to secure five ...

In this video, CAP Senior Fellow Tom Moore explains a bold new strategy for how states can use their longstanding authority over corporations to take corporate and dark money out of politics. The ...