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Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to threaten the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the federal courts and to propose deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in a social media campaign to educate Americans on what’s at stake. The...
The Center for American Progress Action Fund released the following statement: “The Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund are both proudly unionized workplaces. We were faced with a difficult decision when, due to the same digital media trends that have faced so many media outlets, the ThinkProgress budget deficit—which fell...
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will visit Fayetteville, North Carolina—a state where he promised working families that he would raise wages, improve health care, and be the “greatest jobs President that God ever created.” In reality, his administration has failed to deliver on these promises—siding with corporations and insurance companies to end protections...
Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to try to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the federal courts, including protections for Americans with preexisting conditions, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in a social media campaign to educate Americans on what’s at stake. The campaign is...
Washington, D.C. - Navin Nayak, Executive Director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, issued the following statement: We are very sad to announce that after more than two months of searching, we have been unable to identify a new publisher for ThinkProgress, and we are left with no choice but to close ThinkProgress as...
Washington, D.C. — Wealth inequality in the United States has swelled to historic levels. One reason is the broken tax code, which preferences income from wealth over income from work in several ways. Ultrawealthy taxpayers whose income derives from capital gains pay special low tax rates. To a large extent, they can decide when—and sometimes...
Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to try to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the federal courts, including protections for Americans with preexisting conditions, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in a social media campaign to educate Americans on what’s at stake. The campaign is telling...
Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to threaten the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the federal courts, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in a social media campaign to educate Americans on what’s at stake. The campaign will tell stories of Americans such as Stephanie Sena, a single...
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump visits Kentucky, where he will address the American Veterans (AMVETS) convention in Louisville, after failing to make good on his administration's promises to both veterans nationwide and Kentucky working families. The White House was criticized by AMVETS for not showing former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) the “proper respect.” After...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress Action Fund launched the "Twitter Presidency" tool, which exposes the deep disconnect of President Donald Trump’s erratic Twitter habits from the actual concerns of American families—one of the public’s greatest frustrations with him as president. The tool will provide a public, up-to-date tracker of the topics President Trump...