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America a Is Bes. Tas Progressive.
he Cener or American Progress he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund
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Reclaiming he Naional Agenda
John Podesa, Presiden and CEO
2008 HERALDS THE WELCOMED END o a presidenial
adminisraion and a change in leadership or our counry. 2008
may very well also mark he year ha our naion begins a 21s
cenury era o progress based on he progressive radiions oAmerica a is bes. Americans appear o be ready, afer eigh long
years o desrucive, small-minded, and ineecual conservaivepolicies, o embrace a new direcion and a progressive agenda.
By reclaiming a naional mandae or change, progressives nowhave a manies opporuniy o:
End he war in Iraq and resore Americas global leadership
Accelerae Americas ransormaion rom an economy based
on high-carbon sources ha pu our naional securiy andhealh o our plane a risk o a low-carbon economy buil on
susainable sources o energy
Reinvigorae our economy and ensure ha workers a all skill
levels have prospecs or good jobs, rising incomes, and a
uncioning saey ne Provide aordable healh care o every American
Expand access o eecive educaion or all our children and
give hem he skills hey need o succeed
Puting progressives in a posiion o assume he leadership o our
counry has been a long and arduous journey. I mean rebuilding
a progressive movemen rom he ground up ha could go oe
o oe wih esablished and well-unded conservaive rivals. I
required esablishing new and lasing insiuions ha would
provide new soluions o he challenges acing he counry and asharp and reasoned criique o conservaive policy. I demanded
a modernizaion o our communicaions capabiliies so ha
progressives could hen demand a new balance in he mulimedia
environmen in which o cials and elies debae.
Te Cener or American Progress and our siser organizaion,
he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund, provide a oun-daion or odays progressive acivism and voice. We have led he
eor o push back agains ailed conservaive policies and con-
sruced a ramework or wha odays progressive polices couldlook like and how hey could be realized. Our powerul blend o
policy analysis and media sophisicaion helps creae an environ-
men in which public o cials and media elies now debae he
criical policies and issues more and more on our erms. And our
parnerships and convening bring aciviss and voers ogeher odemand he seismic changes he counry requires.
Geting here, however, may only prove o be hal he batle.
We changed he way progressives gh. Now we need heprogressive policies o be pu in place.
I 2008 is he year progressive ideas win he day, hen 2009 will
surely begin he hard labor o seeing our ideas and ideals enacedino a new progressive governing agenda or our naion. CAP
and CAPAF sand ready o help propel our policies over he rue
nish linecreaing anew a naion seeped in he pracice, policy,
and ideals o he American progressive movemen.
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Who We Are
Te Cener or American Progress is a hink ank dedicaed o
improving he lives o Americans hrough ideas and acion. We
combine bold policy ideas wih a modern communicaions pla-
orm o help shape he naional debae, expose he hollowness oconservaive governing philosophy, and challenge he media o
cover he issues ha ruly mater.
Te Cener or American Progress Acion Fund ransorms
progressive ideas ino policy hrough rapid response communi-caions, legislaive acion, grassroos organizing, and advocacy,
and parnerships wih oher progressive leaders hroughou he
counry and he world.
Our work builds upon progressive ideals pu orh by such leadersas eddy Roosevel, FDR, JFK, and Marin Luher King. We draw
rom he grea social movemens o he 20h cenuryrom labor
righs and worker saey, o civil righs and womens surage. We
ranslae hose values ino new ideas and acion rmly rooed in
he economic and poliical realiies o he 21s cenury.
How We Work
Trough dialogue wih leaders, hinkers, and ciizens, we explore
he vial issues acing America and he world. We develop a poin
o view and ake a sand. We hen build on ha and develop bold
new ideas.
We shape he naional debae. We share our poin o view wih
everyone who can pu our ideas ino pracice and eec posiive
change. Ta means online, on campus, in he media, on he shop
oor, in aih communiies, and in he boardroom. Our progres-
sive parners ake our ideas o Congress and saehouses.
Founded in 2003, CAP is headed by John D. Podesa, ormerchie o sa o Presiden Bill Clinon and Visiing Proessor a
he Georgeown Universiy Cener o Law. CAP and CAPAFare designed o provide long-erm leadership and suppor o he
progressive movemen. Our abiliy o develop houghul policy
proposals and engage in he war o ideas wih conservaives is
unique and eecive.
Abou Us
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What We Believe
As progressives, we believe America is a land o boundlessopporuniy, where people can beter hemselves, heir children,
heir amilies, and heir communiies hrough educaion, hard
work, and he reedom o climb he ladder o economic mobil-
iy. We believe an open and eecive governmen can cham-pion he common good over narrow sel-ineres, harness he
srengh o our diversiy, and secure he righs and saey o ispeople. And we believe our naion mus always be a beacon o
hope and srengh o he res o he world.
In oher words, a progressive is someone who is idealisic
enough o believe ha hings can be beter and pracical
enough o ge i done.
Our Priorities
Delivering universalhealth care SO THAT QUALITY,
ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL AMERICANS
AFFORDABLE HEALTH SERVICES
Creating
THAT IS ROBUST, BROADBASED,
TO ALL AMERICANS
progressive growth
AND RESTORES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Providing access
FOR ALL OUR CHILDRE N TO GIVE THEM
to efective education
THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED
TO MAKE AMERICA
Restoring Americasglobal leadership
MORE SECURE AND BUILD A BETTER WORLD
TO CREATE A CLEAN,
Seizing theenergy opportunity
A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
INNOVATIONLED ECONOMY THAT SUPPORTS
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CAP and CAPAF Policy Initiatives
Our Progressive Blueprin
AMERICAN PROGRESS IS WORKING wih New Democracy
Projec o produceA Progressive Blueprint: An Agency-by-Agency ransition or the 44th President, a websie and volume
drafed by 50 leading scholars, auhors, and ormer govern-
men o cials. Te projec incorporaes he experise o hosewho previously spen years immersed in policy issues and
sudying or running he key agencies a he ederal or sae
levels. Tis way, we can ensure ha on January 20, 2009, he
nex presiden has specic plans o undo he damage o he
pas eigh years and o pursue a new agenda rom 2009 o2013. Progressive Blueprin will be published by Basic Books
a he end o 20 08, jus in ime or a new adminisraion.
Our Work
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A Sraegy or Growh and Opporuniy
IN LATE 2007, CAP PROPOSED an eco-
nomic sraegy or he nex Adminisraion:
Progressive Growth: ransorming Americas
Economy through Clean Energy, Innovation, andOpportunity. Separae repors deail elemens
o he plan: he ransiion o a low-carbon
economy, regaining our edge in innovaion,
resoring economic mobiliy, an inernaional
economic sraegy, and a scal sraegy hashows how America can responsibly aord
his progressive agenda. Tese core sraegies,
in pursui o an economy ha is, inseparably,growing and providing opporuniy, orm hebasis or all o our economic work.
Our Work
Te American economy aces challenges boh immediae and undamenal. Even as CAP
addresses he problems o a collapsing housing marke, skyrockeing ood and energy prices
and salled growh, we say ocused on he sraegies needed or broadly-shared prosperiy.
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CAP and CAPAF Policy Initiatives
Promoing Innovaion and Economic Mobiliy
Te American Progress economic eam includes a dozen senior ellows including Gene Sperling,
ormer Naional Economic Council Direcor; Dr. Laura yson, he ormer Council o Economic
Advisors Chair, NEC Direcor, and Dean o Haas and London Business Schools; Dan arullo,
ormer Assisan o he Presiden or Inernaional Economic Policy; and Proessor Chrisian
Weller o he Universiy o Massachusets. ogeher he eam brings a wide range o high-levelpracical experience and analyic alen o he naions economic challenges.
CAP RECOGNIZES THE NEED or a new sraegy or American
compeiiveness ha will spur growh, creae high qualiy jobs, and
oer good wages o American workers. Senior Fellow Rick Samans
is building on his Virtuous Circle repor o creae an inernaional
economic agenda o raise living sandards a home and aroundhe globe, hrough acion by our governmen, as well as he ILO,
WO, World Bank, and oher inernaional insiuions. Mean-
while, Senior Fellows Laura yson and om Kalil are workingwih Associae Direcor Will Sraw and his colleagues a ScienceProgress o expand CAPsInnovation Agenda. Tey convened a
ask orce o scieniss and economiss o develop policy ha spurs
innovaion o ensure benes o he U.S. economy and workorce.
Our Work
A growing and equitable global economy will require engagement with leaders
of multilateral economic organizations such as the International Labor Organiza-tion Director-General Juan Somavia.
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LOUIS SOARES LEADS CAPS Economic Mobiliy projec,
aiming o resore a ladder o upward mobiliy by creaingopporuniy and providing an economic environmen where
people can aord o ake risks, inves in heir own uure, and
seize opporuniies. Upcoming repors will show how o be-
er align he possecondary educaion sysem wih he uure
needs o sudens and he economy.
CONGRESS HAS SHOWN SUPPORT or wo American Prog-
ress proposals on he housing crisis. Boh houses have passed aproposal by CAP Senior Fellow David Abromowiz and Associ-ae Direcor Andrew Jakobovics o help sabilize communiies
by buying oreclosed properies or reuse as aordable housing.
o preven more oreclosures and resore liquidiy o capial
markes, a eam lead by Senior Fellow Michael Barr developed
a plan or he bulk ranser aucion o a-risk morgages o newprivae hands. A sudy o his proposal is unded in pending
housing legislaion.
CAPAFS AMERICA N WORKER PROJEC T, direced by David
Madland, develops policy o help increase he wages, benes, andsecuriy o American workers and promoe heir righs a work.
Te projec is currenly ocused on reinvigoraing he Deparmen
o Labor including is enorcemen capaciy, reorming govern-
men conracing, and improving workplace reiremen plans.
SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS is he Naional Chair o Hal in
en, CAPAFs join, naional campaign ha draws rom he CAP
Povery ask Forces recommendaions, and he work o he CAPPovery and Prosperiy Program headed by Mark Greenberg,o promoe a naional goal o cuting povery in hal. CAPAF
joined wih ACORN, he Leadership Conerence on Civil Righs,
LCCR Educaion Fund, and he Coaliion on Human Needs o
help bring a new undersanding o he naure o povery in he
21s cenury economy and advance key sae and ederal poli-cies ha would dramaically reduce povery, build wealh and
increase economic mobiliy.
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Resoring American Securiy and Leadership
Wih Fellows like ormer Depuy Secreary o Deense Rudy deLeon, ormer Assisan Secre-
ary o Deense Lawrence Korb, and long-ime governmen spokesman on homeland securiy
PJ Crowley, along wih a diverse group o emerging new voices, American Progresss Naional
Securiy eam oers a wide-ranging experise on inernaional and homeland securiy issues. Our
progressive approach o U.S. challenges in Iraq (and elsewhere) blends a regional undersandingo he Middle Eas wih years o miliary experience.
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IN BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTYand Caught Of Guard, CAPs miliary policy
sa, led by Lawrence Korb, reviewed deploymen inormaion brigade by brigadeo illusrae he srain ha he Iraq war has aken on he readiness o our armed
orces and Naional Guard roops. CAP laer used is miliary experise o creaeHow to Redeploy, a logisically sound plan or implemening a sraegic redeploy-
men rom Iraq.
AMERICAN PROGRESS MARKED he fh anniversary o he invasion o Iraqand Mission Accomplished wih a series o evens, eauring Senaors Joe Biden
(D-DE), Rober Byrd (D-WV), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Jack Reed (D-RI);Chairman John Murha (D-PA); CNNs Michael Ware; and Phil Donahue wih
his lm Body o War. CAP also released How Does Tis End? and Changing
Rationales, which highligh boh he decepion and misakes ha led us ino heIraq war and he sraegic problems ha remain afer he surge.
SENIOR FELLOW GAYLE SMITH is redening American securiy wih her
Susainable Securiy projec. Working in coaliion wih groups like he Cener or
Global Developmen and Oxam, Smihs eam is garnering suppor or essenialoreign aid reorms. Meanwhile, hrough innovaive policy research and dialogues
wih securiy expers, CAP is spreading he undersanding ha rue naional secu-
riy mus involve human and collecive securiy.
THE THIRD EDITION OF CAP and Foreign Policys errorism Indexa semi-annual survey o over 100 o Americas mos eseemed errorism and naional
securiy expershelped ocus policymakers on he acs abou errorism in
preparaion or General Peraeus repor o Congress. Te ourh ediion comesou in mid-2008.
SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST Caroline Wadhams and Lawrence Korb
are developing sraegies o ensure success or he mission in Aghanisan hrough
improved reconsrucion and increased inernaional engagemen. One sraegy is
he creaion o he pos o Special Inspecor General or Aghanisan Reconsruc-ion, which has been included in boh he House and Senae versions o he Deense
Auhorizaion Ac.
Our Work
With the United States five years into a war in Iraq, CAPAF broughttogether media, academic, and policy leaders, including SenatorChuck Hagel (R-NE) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chairman Joe Biden, to discuss why we must end the war andhow to accomplish it.
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CAP and CAPAF Policy Initiatives
Delivering Universal Healh Care
AS THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE rages in 2008, American
Progress is playing an acive role. CAPAF expers, including
Lambrew and Senior Fellow Peer Swire, esiy regularly beore
Congress on healh coverage, healh privacy, and oher majorissues in healh reorm. CAP has also debued Healh Bulleins,
a regular publicaion which racks he ongoing conversaion on
healh care. Healh Bulleins combines eaure sories, back-ground basics, graphs, ineracives, and more o illuminae keyconceps o healh policy, including ax policy, prevenion, and
access, and o promoe progressive soluions.
FOLLOWING THE FALL 2006 RELEASE o he Wellness
rus by CAP Presiden and CEO John D. Podesa and JeanneLambrew, CAP has coninued o promoe increased awareness
o he signicance o prevenion in healh reorm. Te Wellness
Our Work
Te American Progress Healh Policy eam, led by Direcor o Healh Policy Karen Davenpor and
Senior Fellow Jeanne Lambrew, develops new policy soluions and analysis ha will advance he
cause o aordable healh care or all. Te eam plays an acive role in shaping he key healh care
debaes in Congress and on he campaign rail. Building on he 2005 release o CAPs Plan or a
Healhy America, CAPs expers are promoing prevenion-based healh care measures, invesiga-ing he bes use o inormaion echnology and daa analysis in healh care provision, and examin-
ing he inuence o he geneic and environmenal aspecs o race in America on healh oucomes.
Touring the country with Criticaland a newslideshow presentation, Senator Daschle hasleveraged his considerable experience to draw
more attention to the urgent need for health carereform in this country.
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IN MARCH 2008, SENATOR TOM DASCHLE released his bookCritical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis, which lays
ou his innovaive idea o a Federal Healh Board, modeled afer
he Federal Reserve, which would be one componen o a plan
or healh care reorm.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Columbia Universiys Cener or
Medicine as a Proession, CAP is developing a series o landmark
papers on resrucuring he naions healh care delivery sysem.Wih a se o disinguished auhors, including Don Berwick, MD,Paul Ginsburg, and Seve Schroeder, MD, his projec examines
how we can improve healh care qualiy, paymen incenives, and
populaion healh, among oher opics.
rus would prioriize prevenion in he U.S. healh sysem byconsolidaing exising spending on clinical prevenive services
and healh promoion aciviies.
CAP IS PLACING SPECIAL EMPHASIS on he eec business
leaders can have on he healh reorm debae. We have beenbuilding relaionships and exploring healh care concerns w ih
major corporae leaders, including Te Boeing Company and
Choicepoin. Also, as a ounding member o he Beter HealhCare ogeher coaliion, CAP has brough ogeher a neworko business, labor, and public policy hinkers who share he
convicion ha broad-based healh care reorm is among he
mos pressing economic and moral imperaives acing our
naion. Formed in early 2007, oher ounding members include
corporae leaders such as A&, Kelly Services, Inel, and Wal-Mar, and labor leaders such as SEIU and Communicaions
Workers o America.
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CAP d CAPAF P li I iti ti
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Seizing he Energy Opporuniy
CAPs Energy Opporuniy eam combines is experise on local, naional and inernaional pol-
icy o creae and promoe a low-carbon energy agenda or he 21s cenury. Ki Baten, Managing
Direcor or Energy and Environmenal Policy, collaboraes wih Bracken Hendricks, Daniel J.
Weiss, Joe Romm, Rober M. Sussman, Gayle Smih, Jake Caldwell, odd Sern, and Van Jones,
as well as Disinguished Senior Fellow Senaor om Daschle o develop energy and global warm-
ing policies ha oer growh and opporuniy as par o he ransiion o a low-carbon economy.
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ENERGY POLICY IS ECONOMIC POLICY,which is why CAPs economic sra-
egy advocaes or he ederal governmen o esablish an economy-wide green-
house gas cap-and-rade program, wih all o he emissions permis aucioned.
Te aucion revenue can hen spur widespread adopion o low-carbon energy ande ciency echnologies and help ose energy coss or low- and middle-income
Americans. CAP is working wih he Poliical Economy Research Insiue on
an analysis o how our suie o low-carbon energy policy recommendaions will
srenghen domesic job creaion and spur economic growh.
RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE o resoring U.S. global leadership onclimae change and energy, Baten and Sussman, wih counerpars around he
world, are exploring Americas role in ongoing pos-Kyoo inernaional nego-
iaions. Our expers also work on alleviaion o inernaional energy poveryusing clean developmen sraegies and echnologies, along wih argeed adap-
aion aid or counries disproporionaely aeced by global warming. John
Podesa and Peer Ogden are shaping dialogues concerning how we mainain
securiy alongside global warming and energy scarciy. Jake Caldwell is working
on synergies beween inernaional rade and climae change policies and oensure susainable producion o he nex generaion o low-carbon biouels.
CAPAF WORKS AROUND THE COUNTRY o promoe Green Ciies and
Green Jobs iniiaives, which drive sae and local economic developmen
hrough raining or green-collar jobs in green consrucion, renewableenergy echnology insallaion, and energy e ciency reros. Hendricks is
working closely wih Washingon D.C.s Kwame Brown and Adrian Feny, as
well as Newark, NJs Cory Booker o bring hese projecs o heir ciies.
THE PROJECT PHIN: CLEAN MY RIDE, FLEX MY FUEL campaign won he
Pollie award in poliical communicaions or raising awareness abou reduc-
ing greenhouse gas emissions and our naions dependence on oil. Creaed and
managed by CAPAF Senior Fellow Laura Nichols, i employed exensive social
neworking and a series o sar-sudded videos, sarring celebriies including MatDamon, Ben A eck, and Sarah Silverman, o educae Americans abou he need
o increase vehicle uel e ciency and he availabiliy o alernaive low carbon uels.
From Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to House Select Committeeon Energy I ndependence and Global Warming Chairman Edward
Markey, leaders on energy issues frequently choose CAPAF todiscuss the pressing questions facing our country s use of energy.
Our Work
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Providing Access o Eecive Educaion
IN 2005, THE RENEWING OUR SCHOOLS, Securing OurFuure Naional ask Force on Public Educaion released Get-
ting Smarter, Becoming Fairer, oering our main prioriies oaddress he challenges o a global economy, rapidly changing
demographics, and a lingering and dangerous achievemen gap
or minoriy and low-income sudens. Direcor o EducaionPolicy Cynhia G. Brown has led he developmen o innova-
ive programs ha make hese prioriies a realiy, by expanding
learning ime, nding and preparing highly eecive eachersand principals, and promoing naional sandards, accoun-
abiliy, and scal equiy. Wih he reauhorizaion o he NoChild Lef Behind Ac, CAPAF has been promoing legislaive
policy on hese iniiaives, in he orm o he EACH Ac, he
Graduaion Promise Fund, and he Expanded Learning imeand School Redesign Demonsraion Program.
Our Work
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ELIZABETH EDWARDS,bes-sellingauhor, atorney, and advocae, recenly
joined American Progress as a Senior
Fellow. Mrs. Edwards works on healh
care issues and wries or Te Wonk
Room. Speaking rom an undersandingo policy and her personal experience,
Elizabeh Edwards regularly appears on
nework elevision.
AS POLITICAL AND POLICY BATTLES are waged ha will deermine heuure direcion o he counry, he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund
has assembled a new policy blog o make he progressive case in his ideologi-cal debae. Te Wonk Room (www.hinkprogress.org/wonkroom) is he rs-
ever public policy rapid-response blog o is kind.
Te Wonk Room drives he ideological debae in our key policy areas: healh
care, economic mobiliy, naional securiy, and climae change. Insead o buy-
ing ino he medias obsession wih he poliical horserace, we draw atenion o
subsanive dierences beween conservaive and progressive policy approaches
and work o advance he progressive perspecive. Our ulimae goal is o creaea mandae or progressive acion in each o he our core policy areas. Tese pol-
icy argumens will se he one or acion on hese issues in 2009 and beyond.
Te Wonk Room is as becoming a go-o resource or inuenial policymak-
ers and opinion leaders in he worlds o poliics and he media. Tanks oTe Wonk Room, reporers have included considered progressive soluions
in heir analysis o he housing crisis and shown he coss and inequiies o a
ax-cu-only economic plan.
ENERGY WONK ROOM Direcor o Climae Sraegy Daniel J. Weiss has
also developed he Energy Wonk Room, a collaboraion wih naional and
sae environmenal organizaions o educae he public, media, and public
o cials abou progressive energy and global warming policies. Te Energy
Wonk Room debunks atacks on global warming science, promoes he eco-nomic opporuniies and benes o global warming soluions and a low-car-
bon economy, and rebus alse atacks on hose who promoe such policies.
A project of the Cen ter for American Progre ss Action Fund
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CAMPUS PROGRESS, par o CAP,
works o help young peopleadvocaes,
aciviss, journaliss, arissmake
heir voices heard on issues ha mater.Trough an online magazine and suden
publicaions, mulimedia projecs, public
evens, and grassroos issue campaigns,
Campus Progress acs o empower new
progressive leaders naionwide as heydevelop resh ideas, communicae in new
ways, push policy oucomes in a progres-
sive direcion, and build a srong progres-sive movemen.
FAITH AND PROGRESSIVE POLICY
INITIATIVE, a projec o CAP, works o
ariculae he values undergirding policy
issues, shape a progressive sance inwhich hese values are clear, and increase
public awareness o hem. Te Iniiaive
works wih CAP policy eams on issues
including naional securiy, he environ-
men, povery, science, and more. Inaddiion, he Iniiaive releases books
on pressing religion-policy issues; holds
evens wih leading hinkers, advocaes,and policymakers; and sponsors mee-ings where people wih opposing views
on polarizing issues can nd common
ground. In all is eors, he Iniiaive
works or a sociey and governmen
ha srenghen he common good andrespec he basic digniy o all people.
REEL PROGRESS is he progressive lm
series sponsored by CAP. Since March
2005, CAP has hosed ree screenings
open o he public in Washingon, D.C,Los Angeles, CA, and around he coun-
ry. Tese screenings include provocaive
panel discussions wih leading policy
expers, acors, and lmmakers. We aim
o advance a progressive agenda hroughinnovaive lms ha connec he ars
wih campaigns or social change and
progressive public policy.
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STATE PROGRESS is a projec o boh
CAP and he CAP Acion Fund, working
o advance he progressive movemen a
he sae and local levels by: ampliyingand supporing he work o sae and
local progressive policymakers, groups,
and individuals; building connecions
and aciliaing communicaion wihin
he progressive movemen beween local,sae, and ederal levels; and working in
parnership wih sae and local acors o
develop and promoe bold, innovaive,and new progressive ideas.
THINKPROGRESS.ORG, a produc o
he CAP Acion Fund, is a provocaive
blog and issue orum ha was voed he
Bes Liberal Blog in he 2006 WeblogAwards and won he 2008 Sidney Hill-
man Blog Award. CAPAFs research eam
ollows he laes newsresponding
o corrupion and incompeence in he
esablishmen, calling ou he main-sream media on inaccurae or biased
reporing, and highlighing posiive
developmens in he progressive move-men. Te audience or he blog sands amore han 3 million readers per monh.
Tinkprogress.org consisenly ranks in
he op 15 mos popular blogs worldwide,
according o echnorai and Blog Pulse.
Along wih he blog, he eam creaes TeProgress Repor, a daily email newsleter
wih 80,000 subscribers.
MIC CHECK RADIO, a produc o he
CAP Acion Fund, is a daily prep shee
websie or progressive alk radio hoss.
Tis ree daily service collecs he oppoliical and enerainmen news and
arms hoss wih acs and alking poins.
Te mix o reporing allows hoss o
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I AM PROGRESS is he acivis arm o
he Cener or American Progress Acion
Fund ha seeks o build progressive
ideniy, engage he progressive aciviscommuniy, and advance progressive
ideas. Inegraing online and o ine
communiy-building and acivism cam-
paigns, I Am Progress provides a vehicle
or progressive aciviss o be a drivingorce in he nex progressive movemen.
THE AMERICAS PROJECT ackles he
pressing issues relaed o he Unied
Saes relaionship wih and place in he
Americas. From orums eauring headso sae and regional inernaional organi-
zaions o a panel discussion carried live
on CSPAN involving leading local polii-
cians examining how he immigraion
debae has measasized a he local level,he Projecs work draws atenion o a
progressive perspecive ha oherwise
ofen ges overlooked.
MIDDLE EAST PROGRESS develops
and highlighs pracical approaches o
resolving he Arab-Israeli conic ha
reec he will and aspiraions o a vasmajoriy o Israelis and Arabs living he
conic every day. Middle Eas Progress
publishes heMiddle East Bulletin, an
inuenial email newsleter published
wice a week; pracical innovaiveprivae-public parnerships o build and
srenghen acors invesed in achieving a
sable and susainable poliical oucomein he Middle Eas; and public evensand privae discussions ha eecively
shape he policy dynamic on securiy
and economic issues.
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SCIENCE PROGRESS connecs policy-
makers across he counry wih he scien-
iss and innovaors who are developing
new ideas and pioneering echnologiesha will underpin progressive policy
prioriies in he 21s cenury. Wih an
online magazine and blog, as well as a
prin journal, Science Progress promoes
science and echnology policy innova-ion a all speeds.
CLIMATE PROGRESS, one o he CAP
Acion Fund blogs, provides up-o-dae
responses o he laes news and debaes
on energy and global warming. Led bySenior Fellow Joe Romm, Climae Prog-
ress has quickly become one o he mos-
read environmenal blogs on he Inerne
and was recenly named by IME as one
o he op 15 environmenal blogs.
ENOUGH,American Progresss projec
on human righs in Arica, provides he
resources o help preven, miigae, and
resolve crises hrough he synhesis o in-deph eld analysis, high-level advocacy,
and grassroos acivism. Wih a view o
promoing susainable soluions o crises,
ENOUGH empowers and bonds he
growing ani-genocide movemen in heUnied Saes by providing policy solu-
ions o promoe a concree sraegy or
progress in Darur, norhern Uganda, andhe Democraic Republic o he Congo.
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IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, American Progress has accom-
plished wha i se ou o do: helping o advance he vision o a
more progressive America.
As a 21s-cenury hink ank, we have creaed an ideas agendaha reecs he values ha helped o advance womens surage
and civil righs, creae Social Securiy, and esablish Americas
role as a moral leader in he world.
As an organizaion wih a ocus on he uure, we have been suc-
cessul in engaging progressive leaders, advocaes, and aciviss
and providing hem a microphone o help srenghen a move-
men. Our eors have aken progressive ideas o he Americanpeoplehrough elevision, radio, he blogosphere, online
campaigns, and public evens. And American Progress has el
srong suppor or our eors and even greaer demand or our
work han we expeced.
American Progress operaes wo separae non-pro organizaions o maximize our abiliy o advance our progressive agenda. Te Cener or Ameri-
can Progress is a nonparisan 501 (c)(3) ax-exemp research and educaional insiue. Donaions will be ax-deducible and disclosed o he IRS.
Conribuions o he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund are no ax deducible and are disclosed o he IRS. Conribuions o he Acion
Fund suppor ransorming progressive ideas ino policy hrough a variey o aciviies. Te Acion Fund is a nonparisan 501 (c)(4) ax-exemp
organizaion dedicaed o achieving progress hrough acion.
Two non-profit organizations. One vision.
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Te Cener or American Progress and Cener or American
Progress Acion Fund are playing a criical role his year by keep-
ing he debae ocused on issues ha progressives can win andcriiquing he conservaive policy choices ha have ailed our
counry or he pas seven years.
And we need your help to build a lasting institution.
America is ready or change and is ready o embrace he progres-
sive values and agenda we advocae. Wih your suppor, we will
coninue o promoe, gh or, and build a new brand o progres-
sive leadershipone ha Americans embrace and eel proud o.
For more inormation about American Progress, contact Debby Goldberg,
Senior Vice President or Development at [email protected].
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And we believe ha such a counry can only be achieved wih an open, eecive governmen haharnesses he srengh o our diversiy, secures he righs and saey o our ciizens, and championshe common good over narrow sel-ineres.
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