Center for American Progress

Type: Organization

Name: Center for American Progress

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

The Immigration Debate In 5 Charts

Congress is debating immigration reform, and an accelerated timeline means that the issue will likely be front and center during Congress' July 4 recess.$ In that time, you'll likely hear quite a bit about lawmakers weighing in on immigration issues.$ ... [Published Yahoo! Singapore - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, Migration Policy Institute, Poison Pill, The Heritage Foundation, Center for American Progress

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Viva!

Teachers Need A Louder Voice In Setting Education Policies

Chelsea Straus is the Special Assistant for the Pre-K-12 Education Policy team at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Common Core – a set of K-12 national education standards – were conceived of by governors, designed by consultants, ... [Published Think Progress - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Center for American Progress, Organism, Viva!

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

ADVISORY: Teachers Shaping Policy – New Organizations, New Voices

Washington D.C. – The recent emergence of teacher-voice organizations presents a new avenue for teachers to have their voices heard in education policy conversations. These grassroots organizations focus on a wide range of policy issues and have popped ... [Published Center for American Progress - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Center for American Progress, Education, Organism

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Obama Putin make little headway on Syria

The Center for American Progress' Aisha Moodie-Mills, former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich and Roll Call's David Hawkings join Daily Rundown guest host Peter Alexander to talk about Obama and Putin's relationship and the president's action regarding ... [Published Big News Network - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Bob Ehrlich, PETER ALEXANDER

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

American Enterprise Institute

Will Bernanke Begin Tapering Before He Leaves?

Kevin Hassett, American Enterprise Institute, and Christian Weller, Center for American Progress, discuss the likelihood of the Fed chairman pulling back on quantitative easing ahead of his anticipated departure. ... [Published CNBC - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Kevin Hassett, American Enterprise Institute, Center for American Progress

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 5 reports

Poll: Environment beats drilling for voters in Western states

Voters from western states are more concerned about preserving public land than drilling on it, according to a new poll that bucks the conventional wisdom about the public’s view of energy development in the region.The survey, conducted by Hart Research ... [Published Fuel Fix - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Center for American Progress, John Podesta, Hydraulic Fracturing, Environment, Geoff Garin

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Society for Human Resource Management

Enough bang?

Henrico’s School Board recently voted to proceed with its program for issuing laptops to students. The circumstances regarding the original vote resembled a subterfuge and prompted citizen outrage. A subsequent hearing generated comment but the same result. ... [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Center for American Progress, Education, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Society for Human Resource Management

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

PUBLIC LANDS: CAP ramps up campaign for new parks, wilderness, monuments

The Center for American Progress today announced a broadened public advertising campaign to pressure the Obama administration and Congress to conserve more public lands. ... [Published E&ENews PM - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Center for American Progress, Obama Administration

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Is solar thermal the Holy Grail?

Concentrating solar power may be the key to unlock our clean energy future but there's a few regulatory, technological, and financial hurdles standing in the way.You must be logged in to read this articleNot a member yet? Register today ›Business Spectator ... [Published Business Spectator - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Fossil Fuel, Solar Thermal, Solar Power, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for American Progress

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

ADVISORY: Tomasky to Lead Discussion on Middle-Out Economics at Center for American Progress

RSVP to attend this event WASHINGTON D.C. – The last several decades have not been kind to the American middle class—even as the rich have grown far richer, middle-class incomes have stagnated, sending inequality soaring. For years, conservatives ... [Published Center for American Progress - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Center for American Progress, Michael Tomasky, Democracy, Andrei Cherny, Eric Liu

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Report: Schools are Wasting Education Technology?s Potential

A report released by the Center for American Progress states that schools are not using technology in a way that benefits students. The United States is spending billions of dollars on technology in schools across the country, yet students are using the ... [Published EducationNews.org - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: WASTING, Education, Center for American Progress

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

How Obama’s allies shed their objections to extraordinary government surveillance

Mark Agrast wrote about Bush admin overreaches, and called for greater judicial supervision.Today, Agrast is a lobbyist for Obama DOJ on "national security matters."There’s one reason there aren’t as many liberal critics of executive-branch surveillance ... [Published American Enterprise Institute - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Surveillance, Center for American Progress, Bush Administration, Cassandra Butts, Executive (government)

Quotes

"A person's sexual orientation or gender identity should not be a reason to receive unfavorable treatment when searching for housing" Greene said

HUD Study Finds Same-Sex Discrimination in Rental Housing Market [Published US News & World Report - 2 hours ago]

"Too many dollars ostensibly devoted to helping the poor overseas are instead subsidizing special interests in this country?The people who have a legitimate claim on the American taxpayer's aid are the hungry millions overseas." - Washington Post - Editorial Board ###

What They are Saying about Food Aid Reform [Published Noodls - 7 hours ago]

...Heather Zichal, White House deputy assistant for energy and climate change, said at an environmental conference in Washington D C , last week that "in the coming weeks and months, you can expect to hear more from the president on this issue."

Obama considers limiting plants' CO² emissions [Published Medford Mail Tribune - 12 hours ago]

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