
Center for American Progress The closure of Guantanamo is within the reach of the Obama administration, but it still must take certain steps to get the detainee population down to zero.
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The process for closing Guantanamo has not gone as smoothly as the Obama administration had hoped. It was always going to be difficult, but some unforeseen obstacles were thrown in its path, and the new ...

Center for American Progress A state-by-state report card on educational innovation from CAP, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute.
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Interactive | Report | Findings | Recommendations | State Profiles | Methodology & Data | FAQs | Help | 2007 Report Card

Center for American Progress The public supports the Obama administration’s new attitude toward international law
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In the bad old days of the Bush administration, our nation’s leaders did not seem too interested in abiding by international law and, in fact, seemed to take some pride in asserting our right to ignore it. ...

Center for American Progress There is some good news in today’s employment report, writes Heather Boushey, but the prospects for American workers remain grim.
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Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent in October 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The economy shed 190,000 jobs in October for a total of 7.3 million jobs lost since the recession began in December 2007. ...

Center for American Progress The embrace of crank politicians and scientists on the right quite possibly signals a conservative intellectual decline.
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George Will, above, is the only columnist who continues to quote articles on global cooling from the 1970s to bolster his argument against global warming. He has been rebutted by his own newsroom on these claims.

Center for American Progress Vice President Joe Biden, Chair of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families, will host a panel of leading scholars to discuss the unique challenges facing America's middle class in the 21st century economy. Please click on the link to view the live webcast.
Vice President Joe Biden Hosts Leading Scholars to Discuss the Challenges Facing America's Middle Cl
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Center for American Progress Vice President Joe Biden, Chair of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families, will host a panel of leading scholars to discuss the unique challenges facing America's middle class in the 21st century economy. Please view the live webcast by clicking below.
Vice President Joe Biden Hosts Leading Scholars to Discuss the Challenges Facing America's Middle Cl
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› November › Vice President Joe Biden Hosts Leading Scholars to Discuss the Challenges Facing America's Middle Class in the 21st Century Economy

Center for American Progress Do you know which of these pairings is greener? Take the quiz to find out.
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Print: Suzi Emmerling (foreign policy and security, energy, education, immigration)202.481.8224 or semmerling@americanprogress.org

Center for American Progress Our primary care workforce is already stretched; Ellen-Marie Whelan offers solutions for coping with the shortfall, particularly if we achieve health care reform.
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Primary care physician Dr. Don Klitgaard greets Muriel Bacon as her husband weighs in with a nurse, at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa.

Center for American Progress Conservatives want to blame Obama for our economic plight and difficulties with health care legislation but the public disagrees, observes Ruy Teixeira.
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Conservatives love to blame Obama’s policies for everything, including our current economic problems and the difficulties of passing health care reform. But the public doesn’t see things that way. ...

Center for American Progress Third quarter GDP numbers show strong growth aided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but it’s not a strong and sustained recovery yet, writes Christian E. Weller.
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Consumption spending increased by 3.4 percent this quarter, its strongest growth since the first quarter of 2007. This was largely due to a 22.3 percent jump in spending on consumer durables.

Center for American Progress Conservative media figures are still trying to connect Obama to ex-terrorist Bill Ayers, write Eric Alterman and Mickey Ehrlich.
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Bill Ayers, above, a founder of the Weathermen revolutionary group of the 1970s, continues to be linked to Barack Obama by conservatives. Some conservative sites claim Ayers ghost wrote Obama's memoir Dreams from my Father.

Center for American Progress Please join us for an insightful conversation about the community schools strategy and how federal policy can encourage the growth of community schools across the country.
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Schools around the country are recognizing that community partnerships can be instrumental in increasing student engagement and achievement. By providing an extended menu of social services for students ...

Center for American Progress Report from Urban Agenda and CAP lays out how to create an inclusive green economy in New York City.
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Solar panels are seen on a rooftop in the Bronx. The economic and environmental challenges facing us are clear, and the consequences of inaction are dire. But together we can bring New York City into the future and make it a more prosperous, sustainable, and just place to live and work.

Center for American Progress A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows Americans are ready to deal with global warming.
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Health care reform is occupying almost everyone’s attention these days, which is understandable given its level of importance and how close we are to big decisions in Congress. But other critical ...

























