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August 24, 2020

RELEASE: CAP Report Finds Turkey’s President Erdoğan Is Losing Ground at Home Among Conservatives

Washington, D.C. — Generational change and shifting attitudes in conservative Turkey could bring fragmentation of the country’s dominant right-wing bloc and threaten the continued dominance of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress based on nationwide polling and focus groups of key constituencies. Erdoğan is losing ground domestically...

August 18, 2020

RELEASE: With COVID-19 Mis- and Disinformation Running Rampant, New CAP Report Outlines Preventive Recommendations for Platforms To Combat Deceptive Content

Washington, D.C. — From misleading information about the symptoms of the coronavirus to full-scale, conspiracy-theory style videos, misinformation and disinformation about the coronavirus has run rampant on social media platforms in recent months. To protect public health and prevent malicious actors from capitalizing on fear and confusion, today, the Center for American Progress released a new...

August 18, 2020

STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Report Confirms Trump Campaign Colluded With Russia, CAP’s Neera Tanden Says

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee issued a report finding that the Trump presidential campaign chairman’s interaction with Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 election posed a “grave counterintelligence threat.” In response, Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: This report confirms that President Donald...

August 17, 2020

RELEASE: New CAP Report Examines Strategies for Breaking Down Barriers to Women’s Political Representation in America

Washington, D.C. — Powerful women are now front and center on the American political landscape and have never been more numerous as officeholders. Yet misperceptions and myths about their so-called electability persist, along with outdated ideas about the attitudes and voting behaviors of the American electorate. In 2017, the Center for American Progress studied the...

August 17, 2020

STATEMENT: Trump Administration’s Reckless Approval of Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Will Not Stand, CAP’s Matt Lee-Ashley Says

Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump’s Interior Department signed a formal record of decision approving a massive auction of oil and gas drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The decision released today approves the most environmentally destructive alternative possible and would make the entire coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge available for...

August 17, 2020

RELEASE: CAP Highlights 20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November

Washington, D.C. — City officials and employees can play a major role in making sure elections are carried out safely and effectively this year, according to a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress. The brief shows how cities can help facilitate voter registration and participation, recruit poll workers, and mitigate voter confusion while...

August 13, 2020

STATEMENT: CAP’s Sam Berger Condemns Trump’s Blatant Effort To Sabotage the Post Office and Deny Americans Their Right To Vote

Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump told Fox Business that he doesn’t want to fund the U.S. Postal Service in order to make it harder for Americans to cast their ballots safely by mail. In response, Sam Berger, vice president of Democracy and Government Reform at the Center for American Progress, issued the following...

August 13, 2020

RELEASE: Trump Plan To Permanently Cut Social Security Taxes Would Drain the Program’s Trust Fund by 2025

Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress shows just how quickly Social Security’s trust fund would be exhausted and benefits cut if President Donald Trump permanently cuts payroll taxes, as he said he wanted to do in recent days. In “Trump’s Plan To Defund Social Security,” Seth Hanlon and Christian E....

August 13, 2020

RELEASE: CAP Report Shows Need for Much Greater Professional Diversity on the Federal Appellate Bench

Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the need for more professional diversity among federal judges. Following the release of an issue brief from CAP calling for term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, this new report comes as officials drafting the Democratic Party platform have added language calling...

August 13, 2020

RELEASE: A Blueprint To Restore Integrity and Independence at the U.S. Justice Department

Washington, D.C. — A new report published today by the Center for American Progress provides a blueprint to restore the integrity and independence of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), after being compromised to help political friends and harm political rivals during the last 3 1/2 years. Those actions have undermined public confidence in the DOJ, demoralized...

August 11, 2020

STATEMENT: CAP Applauds Attorney General Herring for Proposing Substantive Policies That Would Significantly Reform Policing in Virginia

Washington, D.C. — Today, Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) outlined his top priorities for policing and criminal justice reforms ahead of the special session of the General Assembly. These proposals would reduce excessive use of force and abuses of power by law enforcement, increase transparency, and provide accountability throughout the criminal justice system....

August 11, 2020

RELEASE: Opportunity and Counseling Corps Would Rein in Youth Unemployment While Strengthening Academic and Social-Emotional Supports in High-Poverty Schools

Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress released a new report envisioning the establishment of an Opportunity and Counseling Corps to help the nation's students and educators in high-poverty schools recover from the coronavirus pandemic. As a new school year begins that will include closures, virtual learning, and hybrids of time in schools and online, students will need significantly more academic,...