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 ...
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 ...
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In 2025, the official poverty rate decreased while the supplemental poverty rate remained statistically unchanged. Yet cuts ...
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 ...
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.
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.
New CAP analysis of demographic data shows that union men under age 35 are more likely to get married, have kids, and own ...
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5 Evidence-Based Strategies To Improve U.S. K-12 Math Achievement in Wake of 2025 PISA Results
As newly released scores on the global PISA exam show U.S. students trailing other advanced nations in mathematics, federal and state policymakers must act urgently to invest in math education and ...
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, the Trump administration must prepare to secure five ...
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