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Americans Continue To Build a Peaceful Mass Movement To Force Trump Administration Changes
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Americans Continue To Build a Peaceful Mass Movement To Force Trump Administration Changes

The October “No Kings” protests show that sustained mass mobilization is a potent force, and as history reveals, peaceful protests by just 3.5 percent of a nation’s population at a peak moment can make it extremely difficult for the government to ignore peoples’ demands.

Michael Sozan

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The Fight to Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers
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The Fight to Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers

Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers across the country are ramping up pressure on the corporation to finalize a first contract that could boost take home pay, hours, benefits, and working conditions.

Karla Walter, David Madland

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Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
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Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills

This updated utility rate tracker shows rate increases or proposals set to go into effect over the next two years that, coupled with Trump administration actions, could mean that households and businesses see even higher utility bills over the next few years.

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Open Enrollment, Closed Doors
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Open Enrollment, Closed Doors

As Affordable Care Act marketplace open enrollment for 2026 begins on November 1, Republican health policies are reducing access to affordable and comprehensive coverage for low-income Americans, young adults, and the self-employed.

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Bipartisan Momentum Is Growing for Automatic Record Sealing Through the Clean Slate and Fresh Start Acts
Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
A Progressive Vision for Education in the 21st Century
The Trump Administration Plans To Retaliate for a Government Shutdown by Firing Federal Employees—But Can It?
Beyond participation trophies: The EU’s credibility crisis in the Western Balkans
Trump made a promise not to touch Medicare. His megabill just broke it.
The United States’ Climate Whiplash: From Climate Leadership to Climate Retreat
Attacks on the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem Are an Attack on a Wellspring of American Prosperity
The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities
1.3 Million Active-Duty Service Members Would Go Without Pay During a Government Shutdown
Expanding the Public Safety Workforce
FORMER BIDEN HEALTH ADVISOR: We’re running out of time. American businesses should start requiring vaccinations for their workers.
The Next Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Must Restore Trust in the Agency While Managing Fiscal Constraints
Health Insurance Premium Costs Will More Than Double for Millions of Americans Unless Congress Acts
Sustainable and Reliable: Securing Resources for the Clean Energy Future
Child Care Professionals Are on the Front Lines as Climate Change Risks Children’s Health and Development
How the Government Shutdown Affects Public Land Employees and Communities
The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities
EU Elections: What the Results Mean and Why They Matter
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Crushing America’s Electricity System
Disability Reproductive Equity Agenda: Protecting the Reproductive Rights of Disabled People in 2025 and Beyond
The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution
How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military
The Fight to Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers
Examining the Powerful Impact of Investments in Early Childhood for Children, Families, and Our Nation’s Economy
It’s time to close Guantanamo
Congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Creates an Unaccountable Slush Fund for the Trump Administration’s Deportation Force
The Shutdown’s Impacts on National Parks and Public Lands Offer a Preview of Trump’s Long-Term Vision
The Trump Administration’s Reckless Strikes in Iran Raise More Questions Than Answers
Open Enrollment, Closed Doors
7 Policy Recommendations for Combating Antisemitism in the United States
Expanding the Public Safety Workforce
Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities
Trump’s Agenda Is a Direct Threat to the Black Middle Class
Borders, Burdens, and Balance: A Strategic Vision for Migration in the United States and the European Union
The Trump Administration Has the Power and Legal Obligation To Pay SNAP Benefits During the Shutdown
Trump’s Agenda Is a Direct Threat to the Black Middle Class
The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution
The Trump Administration Is Allowing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse To Fester in the Federal Oil and Gas Program
Climate Deniers of the 118th Congress
Americans Continue To Build a Peaceful Mass Movement To Force Trump Administration Changes
The Trump Administration’s Interference With Federal Reserve Independence Carries Significant Risks
The Trump Administration Is Erasing American History Told by Public Lands and Waters
The Fight to Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers
CAP Comments on Regulations for New Loan Limits, Repayment Plans, and Program Accountability Metrics
The Job Market Slowdown Continues
The Trump Administration’s Plans To Covertly Cut Social Security Disability Benefits
A multilateral approach to climate and trade policy could revolutionize efforts to decarbonize heavy industries and counter non market overcapacity
Nationwide 2024 Crime Data Demonstrate the Value of Violence Prevention and Local Law Enforcement
Kennedy Is Right That America’s Kids Are Unhealthy. But His ‘MAHA’ Report Is the Wrong Medicine.
Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
How Japan can drive faster toward a clean-energy future
The Full Cost of Attendance: Addressing Housing, Food, and Other Barriers to Community College Student Success
The Highest Rates of Gun Homicides Are in Rural Counties
Trump’s Strikes in the Caribbean Are a Dangerous, Illegal Abuse of Wartime Power—It Won’t Stop There
The Trump Administration’s Latest Staffing Cuts at the Department of Education Threaten Children’s Success Across the Country
Peace in Gaza? Hopefully, But Not Assuredly
A new multilateral green trade pact is the antidote to growing economic nationalism
Louisiana v. Callais: The End of the Voting Rights Act?
CAP Comments on Regulations for New Loan Limits, Repayment Plans, and Program Accountability Metrics
Executive Summary: Differentiating Between Harmful Child Care Deregulation and Helpful Reform
Trump and China: An Unprincipled, Impractical, Reactionary Approach to China Policy
The Senate Republican Budget Bill Adds Broadband Funding That Favors Musk’s Starlink and Bans State AI Laws
The Trump Administration’s Latest Staffing Cuts at the Department of Education Threaten Children’s Success Across the Country
DACA Boosts Recipients’ Well-Being and Economic Contributions: 2022 Survey Results
What the Trump Administration, RFK Jr., and the MAHA Report Got Wrong About Improving Children’s Health
The Trump Administration Is Erasing American History Told by Public Lands and Waters
A new multilateral green trade pact is the antidote to growing economic nationalism
Congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Creates an Unaccountable Slush Fund for the Trump Administration’s Deportation Force
A New Immigration System To Safeguard America’s Security, Expand Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger
Congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Creates an Unaccountable Slush Fund for the Trump Administration’s Deportation Force
Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ Plan Fundamentally Misreads the Arab World
Vice President Kamala Harris and Migration in the Americas: Setting the Record Straight
By cutting science, the Defense Department is eating its seed corn
Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
China First: The Trump Administration Has Willfully Destroyed U.S. Levers of Power in Advance of the APEC Summit
Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat
The Trump Administration Has the Power and Legal Obligation To Pay SNAP Benefits During the Shutdown

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