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Private Sector Leads on Clean Energy

Kate Gordon | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Private Sector Green Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green Initiatives, Private Sector, Climate Change, Corporate Energy Policy, Green Energy, Center for American Progress, Energy Policy, Green News
Kate Gordon

The private sector is leading the way toward a cleaner energy future. Across the country, companies are setting internal carbon reduction goals, building more efficient factories, putting up wind and solar panels -- and asking their suppliers to do the same.

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Michelangelo Signorile

LGBT Activists Criticize Obama, Gay Leaders, for Failure to Sign Executive Order Banning Discrimination

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Video, Gay Rights, President Barack Obama, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Obama Gay Rights, Discrimination, Paul Yandura, Center for American Progress, Barack Obama, Anti-Gay Discrimination, Gay Voices News

In separate interviews, two prominent LGBT activists slammed President Obama for refusing to sign an Executive Order "at this time" barring federal co...

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A Triple Play on Improving Oversight for Better Contracting

David Isenberg | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Insourcing, Outsourcing, Oversight, Contracting, Center for American Progress, Auditing, Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Military Contractors, Politics News
David Isenberg

The core argument of all private military and security contractor advocates is that they can do things more cheaply and efficiently than the public sector. But the problem is that most PMSC advocates assert this all the time, often without evidence.

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Workplace Discrimination Costs Businesses Staggering Amount

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Fedex, Transgender, Workplace Discrimination, Gender Inequality, Enda, Discrimination, Center for American Progress, Business News

Discriminating against your employees can cost you. Workplace discrimination against employees based on race, gender or sexual orientation costs b...

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Startling Numbers Behind Veteran Homelessness

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Statistics, President Obama, Veteran Healthcare, Veteran Unemployment, Veteran Services, Homeless, Veteran Homelessness, Center for American Progress, Servicemembers, Veterans, Business News

Fighting in a war can be a harrowing experience, but imagine coming back and not being able to find a home. More than one million veterans are at ...

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The Most 'Insanely Great' -- But Missing -- iPad Feature Ever

Emmanuelle Chriqui | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Video, Conflict Minerals, Apple Ipad, Apple, Congo Rape, Apple Ipad 3, Enough Project, Congo Violence, Center for American Progress, Impact News
Emmanuelle Chriqui

If the last decade has taught us anything, it's that where Apple goes, the world market will follow. We would like to see that path be one that leads towards building responsible products that enhance the lives of all people of the world -- not just consumers.

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Americans Disagree With Mitt Romney: Corporations Aren't People

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Stephen Colbert, Video, Legal Process, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Corporate Personhood, Washington Post, Citizens United, Center for American Progress, Business News

Whatever Mitt Romney says, the American people aren't buying this whole "corporations are people" thing. More than half of Americans said corporat...

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In Republican Debates, Ideology Trumps Intelligent Immigration Policy

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Latinos, National Review, Cato Institute, 2012 Elections, Peter Dixon, Rick Santorum, Hispanic, Obama, Immigration, Newt Gingrich, Center for American Progress, Cir, Politics, Conservatives, GOP Debate, CNN Debate, Gop, Evangelical Christians, Maureen Rimmer, Tea Party, Daniel Griswold, Republicans, Latino Voices News
Fernando Espuelas

As last week's "pile-up" showed, it's time to reveal the candidates' proposed solutions for the wrecks they truly are.

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Brookings Is World's Top Think Tank, Report Shows

| Posted 01.19.2012

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By Ambreen Ali Roll Call Staff The Brookings Institution ranked once again as the world's top think tank in an annual survey out today. The inf...

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Occupying the GOP

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Roger Simon, Bain Capital, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Occupy Wall Street, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Center for American Progress, Jon Huntsman, Alan Krueger, Pew Research Center, Rick Perry, Glenn Beck, Club for Growth, Republican Party, Republican Presidential Candidates, Elections 2012, Occupy Protests, Republican Primary, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Republicans, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Nowhere can the impact of the Occupy insurgency be better seen than in the fumbling efforts of Romney's GOP rivals to capture the new anti-corporate sentiment.

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Sam Stein

Tom Perriello To Head Center For American Progress Advocacy Arm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) a beloved progressive whom activists and party officials had pushed to consider a gubernatorial run in...

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Very Few Of The Long-Term Unemployed Receiving Benefits

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Npr, Video, Labor Market, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Urban Institute, Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless, Congressional Budget Office, Center for American Progress, Kaiser Family Foundation, Business News

As the nation faces a labor crisis that refuses to let up, 7 million Americans currently receiving unemployment benefits may be running out of time to...

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Lack of Minority Teachers Attributed To Bias And Low Graduation Rates

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Video, Minority Teacher-Student Gap, High School Graduation, College Graduation, Latino Teachers, Black Students, Native American Teachers, Minority Graduation Rates, Black Teachers, Minority Teachers, Teachers, Center for American Progress, Latino Students, Native American Students, Education News

Minority students will likely outnumber white students in the next decade or two, but the failure of the national teacher demographic to keep up with ...

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Michael Bloomberg: 'Just Allow The Bush Tax Cuts To Expire'

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Think Progress, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Herman Cain, Bush Tax Cuts Expire, Bloomberg Bush Tax Cuts, Business News, Center for American Progress, Rick Perry, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bush Tax Cuts, Buffett Rule, Business News

A prominent member of the one percent has laid out his opinion on Bush-era tax cuts: It's time to get rid of them, and not just those for the rich eit...

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Billionaire Bloomberg Tells Washington How To Balance Budget

AP | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Ny News, Bloomberg Balancing Budget, Supercommittee, New York News, Center for American Progress, National Deficit, New York News

NEW YORK -- Congress' deficit-fighting "supercommittee" must take bold action to balance the budget, and both parties must be willing to compromise to...

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Does the Religious Right Really Care about Children?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: All Children Matter, Social Security Benefits, Culture Wars, Family Research Council, Anti-Gay, Stanley Kurtz, Medical Decision-Making, Same-Sex Marriage, Center for American Progress, Movement Advancement Project, Pete Stark, Insurance, Family Equality Council, Family Law, Two Million Children, Second-Parent Adoption, Religious Right, Report, Kirsten Gillibrand, LGBT Families, Every Child Deserves a Family, Gay Voices News
Nathaniel Frank

In anointing themselves the champions of "family values" and protectors of vulnerable children, religious conservatives have had little to say when confronted with the undeniable existence of actual gay families -- particularly kids with LGBT parents.

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A Clear Plan to Cut Poverty and Restore Shared Prosperity in the U.S.

John Podesta | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Poverty, Center for American Progress, Income Inequality, US Poverty, Economy, Economic Crisis, Politics News
John Podesta

We're coming out of a lost decade in which poverty increased and median incomes declined despite overall increases in worker productivity and corporate profits. But this decade can be different.

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New Report Details Inequities For Children Of Gay Parents

AP | By DAVID CRARY | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Children of Gay Parents, LGBT Parents, National Association of Social Workers, Family Equality Council, Center for American Progress, Gay Parents, Gay Marriage, Movement Advancement Project, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News

-- According to her dads, life is good for Carrigan Starling-Littlefield, a spunky 5-year-old being raised by two gay men in South Carolina, which do...

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Teacher Absences: What Would Jesus Say?

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: studentsfirst.org, Education, Confucius, Teacher Absences, Center for American Progress, Jesus, American Teacher, Buddha, Satire, Comedy News
Carolyn Bucior

We see a fig tree, full of fruit, and hear a sheep bell ring purposefully. At the bottom of hill, Simon slips on his sandals. SIMON: Race you to the top!

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Hunger Costs The Country $167 Billion Every Year: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Hunger, Unemployment, Poverty, Income Inequality, Third World America, Hunger in America, Food Insecurity, Hunger Cost, Center for American Progress, Health Care, Food Security, Video, Business News

While the wealthiest people in the U.S. continue to pull further and further ahead of the rest of society, the Great Recession has left millions out o...

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States With The Most Deficient Bridges

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: U.S. Infrastructure, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, President Barack Obama, National League of Cities, Jobs, American Jobs Act, Federal Highway Administration, Center for American Progress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

If the president's jobs act were to pass, the subsequent infrastructure investment might become a bridge to work for many of the country's unemployed....

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Islamophobia Network Targets Top Performing American Schools

Michael Shank | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: James Baker III, National Peace Academy, Islam, Turkey, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Dalai Lama, Islamophobia, John Esposito, Fethullah Gulen, US State Department, Madeleine Albright, Center for American Progress, Michael Shank, Muslim, Nato, Khalil Gibran, Eastern Mennonite University, Red Scare, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Newsweek, Fear Inc, Religion News
Michael Shank

While I recognize that there are legitimate concerns regarding the use of public funds for these charter schools... it seems that at the heart of this is an undercurrent of phobia about Islamic teaching in America.

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America's Most Underrated Careers

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Center for Work Policy, Unemployment Rate, Danger, Paralegal, Jobs, Work-Life Balance, American Jobs Act, Doctor, Pilot, Job Competition, Center for American Progress, Income, Business News

As the debate over job creation in America continues to heat up in Washington, turns out there are several careers worth taking a closer look at. ...

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The Good News About Islamophobia

Nancy Fuchs Kreimer | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, American Muslims, Muslims, Center for American Progress, Religious Tolerance, Acceptance of Islam in America, Roots of Islamophobia, Muslims in America, Islamophobia in America, Islam in America, Religion News
Nancy Fuchs Kreimer

Could I tell a darker story today? Of course. Should we be complacent? Far from it. The good news is that some are determined to help Americans live the best of our country's values.

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Government Aid Keeps Millions Out Of Poverty [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Government Aid, Video, Poverty, Social Security, Earned Income Tax Credit, Poverty Line, Unemployment Insurance, u.s. Census Bureau, Center for American Progress, Business News

Prevalent as poverty is in the United States, it'd be a lot worse without government aid. As seen in the below infographic by the Center For Ameri...

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