Crib Sheets:
Summaries of the latest policy issues.
Same ‘Socialism,’ Different Year
Health care opponents fought against medicare and social security programs before they were for them.
By Tobin Van Ostern, February 25, 2010
Beginning of an End to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
The Senate met this week to seriously address repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The policy, which has been in place for 17 years, may have to wait another one.
By Christian Pittman, February 4, 2010
The Squeeze
Studies show that students don’t quit college because they’re lazy or inadequately prepared—they quit because they can’t afford to continue.
By Yosef Getachew, January 27, 2010
Video: How to Create Jobs in the Recession
Wondering why we’re not seeing more job growth? This video explains why unemployment is still high, and how we can grow jobs and dig out of the recession.
By Center for American Progress, January 20, 2010
When Haiti's Tragedy Started
Rampant poverty in Haiti started long before the January 12th quake.
By Zach Carter, January 19, 2010
"We're Retiring"
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) both announced this week that they will not seek re-election this fall.
By Lindsay Beyerstein, January 6, 2010
Copenhagen Roundup: Youth Stand with Indigenous Groups
One of the most exciting aspects of the international negotiations is the level of solidarity between international youth and other under-represented groups.
By Tommaso Boggia, December 17, 2009
100,000 Standing with the Islands
The latest from Copenhagen — video of actions in support of the island states and the least developed countries.
By Tommaso Boggia, December 15, 2009
Re-imagining Community Colleges
A look at the future of higher education and workforce development.
By Brian Pusser & John Levin, December 9, 2009
Looking to Graduation Day
Student aid legislation in Congress does a lot for increasing financial aid, but it also signals a new federal focus on getting low-income students to graduate.
By Kay Steiger, December 8, 2009
What’s at Stake in Copenhagen?
Over United Nations Climate Change Conference begins today.
By Alison Hamm, December 7, 2009
Will Copenhagen Be Enough?
The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference starts next week.
By Raquel Brown, December 4, 2009
Best Government Takeover Ever
Pending legislation will make college more affordable and save the government billions of dollars, but lenders are putting up a fight and spreading myths about the bill.
By Pedro de la Torre, November 30, 2009
Time to Stop the Lies
Countering Bishop Harry Jackson’s gay marriage distortions.
By Jeff Krehely, November 23, 2009
1,000 New Immigration Raids
Officials with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency have just announced that they will be conducting at least 1,000 new employer audits.
By Erin Rosa, November 19, 2009
Breaking Down the Senate Health Bill
The good, the bad, and the ugly of the newly released Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
By Natasha Bowens, November 19, 2009
National Service and Youth Unemployment
Strategies for job creation during economic recovery.
By Melissa Boteach, Joy Moses, Shirley Sagawa , November 18, 2009
Deporting Dobbs
Other commentators belonging to the old school of racist separatism ought take note. It’s a new day in the USA.
By Nezua, November 12, 2009
How Health Care Reform Screws Over Women (and All of Us)
The House health care bill that passed this weekend includes the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which outlaws federal funding for a legal and sometimes medically necessary procedure, abortion.
By Kay Steiger, November 9, 2009
Problems for the Public Option
The House health care bill, which may be voted on as early as Saturday, isn’t without its faults.
By Lindsay Beyerstein, November 5, 2009
November 4th: One Year Later, Why I Still Want Change
On the anniversary of election day, what we can do to keep making change.
By Natasha Bowens, November 4, 2009
One-Year Later: Young Americans Rate Progress on National Priorities
Checking in on youth priorities with Tweets, bold statements, and more.
By Campus Progress & Partner Organizations, November 3, 2009
All the Single Ladies
Single women face additional health insurance barriers.
By Liz Weiss, Ellen-Marie Whelan, Jessica Arons, October 30, 2009
Young, Underinsured and Overcharged
Final health care reform legislation may include a plan specifically for young people, but that plan isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
By Natasha Bowens, October 26, 2009
Pelosi Goes "All In" on Public Option
Buoyed by new CBO numbers showing a public option would reduce the deficit, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going “all in” for a robust public health insurance competitor.
By Lindsay Beyerstein, October 22, 2009
Time to Deliver on Health Care: National Day of Action
Today, millions of Americans will be telling Congress that it’s time to deliver on health care reform.
By Natasha Bowens, October 20, 2009
A New Era for Global Women’s Rights?
The United Nations and the U.S. Senate are starting to move toward doing something about gender-based violence abroad, but will they follow through?
By Carly Groff, October 19, 2009
How Sex Ed Fails Us
October is sexuality education month, but today’s teenagers couldn’t be in a worse place to protect their sexual health.
By Isabelle Gerard, October 14, 2009
Finding a Common Ground: Abortions and Health Care Reform
For years, supporters of abortion rights have outnumbered their opponents, but this recent shift in public opinion has made the issue of abortion in the health care debate even more difficult to resolve.
By Amy Minor, October 9, 2009
Top Senators on Twitter
Senators are out there tweeting more often than you think. Which ones are the most popular?
By Drew Seman, October 8, 2009
Deficits and Debt 101
Explaining the difference between the federal deficit and debt.
By Michael Linden, October 1, 2009
Graduating with Promise
A new bill addresses the high school dropout challenge.
By Cynthia G. Brown, Valerie Shen, September 28, 2009
The Public Option Trigger Lock
The truth about the so-called “trigger” for the health care public option.
By Tobin Van Ostern, September 22, 2009
The Clean-Energy Investment Agenda
A comprehensive approach to building the low-carbon economy.
By John Podesta, Kate Gordon , Bracken Hendricks, Benjamin Goldstein, September 22, 2009
Education Doesn’t Have to Be a Gauntlet
A new bill would help more students get to a post-secondary degree.
By Pedro de la Torre III, September 17, 2009
Obama’s Guide to Dealing with Kindergarten Bullies
Right wing bullies, led by the deranged Glenn Beck, have been relentlessly pushing Obama and congressional Democrats around like kids in a playground.
By Tommaso Boggia, September 14, 2009
Waste Not, Watt Not
The American Clean Energy and Security Act funds State energy efficiency programs.
By Daniel J. Weiss, Erica Goad, Jonathan Aronchick, September 10, 2009
The Cost of Doing Nothing: Tuition Costs
Conservatives—particularly of the libertarian variety—have tried hard to plant a seed of doubt about efforts to increase student aid in order to make college more affordable.
By Pedro de la Torre III, September 3, 2009
Sick and Tired
The town hall discussions have turned into an insurance industry-funded, right-wing lobby-orchestrated debacle of crazy mobs.
By Natasha Bowens, August 26, 2009
Students Flocking to Risky Private Loans
A new report by the Project on Student Debt shows that an alarming number of students are taking out private student loans before exhausting federal sources of funding.
By Pedro de la Torre III, August 25, 2009
Counting All the Benefits
Energy efficiency represents the most cost-effective, low-carbon strategy compared to other options such as renewable energy, nuclear power, and carbon capture and storage.
By Geoffrey P. Lewis, Julian L. Wong, August 25, 2009
For Young Americans, Health Care Reform is Our Fight
A new CNN poll shows health care reform is far more popular among young people.
By Erica Williams, August 20, 2009
Americans Demand Efficient Cars while Detroit Falls Behind
Even though the minimum fuel efficiency gain needed to receive a rebate for trading in your old car was a meager 1 MPG increase for light trucks and 4 MPG for passenger cars, the average clunkers brought in were almost 10 MPG more than the cars they replaced.
By Tommaso Boggia, August 12, 2009
Rules for (Dealing with) Radicals
A guide for those not interested in surrender on climate change, health care reform, immigration, and just about everything else we stand for.
By Henry Fernandez , August 12, 2009
A Policy Framework for Investment in Energy Efficiency Retrofits
CAP and the Energy Future Coalition present a framework for investing in energy efficiency retrofits.
By Bracken Hendricks, Benjamin Goldstein, Reid Detchon, Kurt Shickman , August 11, 2009
Domestic Violence Victims: Another Economic Casualty?
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget cuts include the complete scrapping of domestic violence funding.
By Khushboo Rami, August 7, 2009
Orchestrated Intimidation: We Won’t Stand For It
Fight back against the anti-reform outbreaks at town halls
By Natasha Bowens, August 6, 2009
Ask the Expert: Implementing Family-Friendly Federal Contracting Policies
What role do contractors play in the federal workforce? How does the federal government affect workplace standards? And what does the federal government need to do to better tailor its employment laws to meet today’s needs?
By Ann O'Leary, August 3, 2009
Public Opinion Snapshot: Health Care Reform Still Popular
Health care reform is still a high priority for Americans, despite what the battle in Congress may have you think.
By Ruy Teixeira, August 3, 2009
Report: Improving Employment and Economic Security for Pregnant Women and New Mothers
Pregnant women have a stronger connection to the workforce than ever before, but public policy has done a very poor job of integrating them into the labor market.
By Alexandra Cawthorne, Melissa Alpert, August 3, 2009
Health Care as a Human Right
Though it is increasingly being framed in solely economic terms, health care at its heart is an issue of human rights.
By Natasha Bowens, July 30, 2009
LGBT Issues in Health Reform
Congress has a unique opportunity this year to reform health care in a way that addresses the specific needs of LGBT Americans.
By Josh Rosenthal, July 28, 2009
Obama's Moment to Repeal DADT
On the anniversary of President Truman’s decision to desegregate the military, President Obama should take the lead in repealing DADT.
By Lawrence J. Korb, Laura Conley , July 27, 2009
Visual Guide to the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Found faces help explain the up’s and down’s of the newest student aid bill proposed in the House.
By Pedro de la Torre III, July 23, 2009
Issue Brief: Separation of Degrees
On average, master’s degrees in education bear no relation to student achievement; going forward schools will have to consider ways to better align compensation with classroom success.
By Marguerite Roza, Raegen Miller , July 21, 2009
Poverty in the LGBT Community
Examining the latest data on poverty in the LGBT community and outlining how the continued expansion of civil rights will help to reduce it.
By Nico Sifra Quintana, July 2, 2009
After the Withdrawal
The U.S. has begun a pivotal withdrawal from Iraq, but pulling out troops is only the first step in transitioning Iraq towards complete and stable sovereignty.
By Brian Katulis and Emily Hogin, June 30, 2009
Report: A Plan to Pay for Health Care Reform
We need to modernize the medical care system so that it costs less and delivers more in terms of quality care.
By David M. Cutler and Judy Feder , June 26, 2009
Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Practical steps to repeal the ban on openly gay men and women in the U.S. Military.
By Lawrence J. Korb, Sean Duggan, Laura Conley, June 25, 2009
Is the Religious Right Losing Its Grip?
Evangelicals’ openness to an alternative economic vision has fearful leaders in the religious right hardening their rhetoric and reviving old clichés that simply do not speak to the new economic reality.
By Lester Feder, June 23, 2009
Report: Education For Working Learners
Helping millions of America further their education is crucial for economic competitiveness and a stable, growing middle class.
By Louis Soares, June 23, 2009
Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Optimistic on Obama’s Economic Plans
Despite conservative opposition, new polls are indicating public optimism for Obama’s direction on the economy.
By Ruy Teixeira, June 22, 2009
Interactive Map: A State-by-State Look at Clean Energy and Job Creation
How many green jobs would your state get?
By Center for American Progress, June 18, 2009
Mad Money on For-Profit Colleges
Mad Money raises issues on for-profit colleges’ spending habits considering government aid to their students.
By Pedro de la Torre III, June 17, 2009
Move on Health Care Reform Now (and Don’t Forget the Public Plan!)
67 percent of the public supports creation of a “government-administered public health insurance option similar to Medicare to compete with private health insurance plans,” compared to just 29 percent who are opposed.
By Ruy Teixeira , June 16, 2009
The Young are the Restless: Thomas Robinson
This is the second installment in a three-part series about young activists facing a troubling economy.
By Adam Raphael, June 15, 2009
Who Does the Public Support on National Security?
The shifting tide of public opinion on who best protects our nation.
By Ruy Teixeira, June 9, 2009
The Young are the Restless: Jennifer Pae
This is the first installment in a three part series about young activists facing a troubling economy.
By Adam Raphael, June 4, 2009
Ask the Expert: Why We Need Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Why Congress must act now to fix our broken immigration system.
By Angela Kelley, June 4, 2009
The Faithful Divide Over Wedding Vows
A Profile of Michigan’s 2004 Battle Over Marriage Equality
By Jonathan Duffy, Sally Steenland, June 4, 2009
Video: White House 2.0
A run down of WhiteHouse.gov and why it’s different from the campaign days.
By Peter Swire, June 3, 2009
Animation: Why Americans Need Health Reform
Without health reform, businesses’ and families’ costs will continue to rise, and American workers will not receive the care they need to be healthy.
By Center for American Progress, June 2, 2009
Ask the Expert: Can We Afford Not to Modernize the Health System?
What does is mean to modernize the health system? Can the federal budget handle these additional investments? How quickly would we begin to see savings?
By Karen Davenport , May 28, 2009
Liars and Deal-Breakers
Former health insurance executive Rick Scott is using fear mongering in an effort to stop health care reform.
By Natasha Bowens, May 28, 2009
What Is a Renewable Electricity Standard?
What is a renewable electricity standard? How would it help our economy and our environment? How difficult will it be to implement?
By Daniel J. Weiss, May 22, 2009
America Without Health Care Reform
The Congressional Budget Office projects that the cost of a family premium under employer-provided health insurance will increase by approximately 70 percent in the next nine years.
By Ben Furnas, May 21, 2009
Interactive Map: A Clean-Energy Standard Would Lower Household Electricity Bills
A national renewable electricity standard, a key piece of the clean-energy legislation currently before Congress, would save households and businesses in every state billions of dollars in electricity and natural gas bills.
By Ben Furnas, May 20, 2009
Cap and Uh!?
According to a recent Rasmussen poll, only 24% of voters know that cap and trade has something to do with the environment.
By Tommaso Boggia, May 18, 2009
Global Warming’s Six Americas
How six unique segments of the American public engage with the issue of global warming.
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Andrew Light, May 18, 2009
Green Jobs/Green Homes NY
Over the next two years, federal stimulus funding will pour into state energy-efficiency programs and prompt a massive ramp-up of existing capacity.
By Center for American Progress, May 15, 2009
Quality Affordable Health Care for All
With a new budget that allocates funding for health care reform, the next step will be for Congress to pass a health care reform bill.
By Natasha Bowens, May 14, 2009
Obama’s Notre Dame Dust-Up
President Barack Obama will travel to Indiana to give the commencement address at Notre Dame this Sunday.
By Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite , May 14, 2009
Unemployed—and Staying That Way
The pace of job losses has leveled off but the unemployment rate continued to rise rapidly in April
By Heather Boushey, May 12, 2009
Interactive Map: Dramatic Increase in the Uninsured Rate in Every State
Since 2007, there has been a dramatic increase in every state in the number of people without health insurance.
By Center for American Progress, May 12, 2009
Wildfires Heat Up in the West
More researchers are taking a closer look at the effect of these fires on climate
By Tom Kenworthy, May 6, 2009
Hate Crimes Prevention Act Passes U.S. House
What passed the house is an expansion of federal hate crime laws to include attacks based on a victim’s sexual orientation, gender identity or mental or physical disability.
By Tanya Paperny, May 5, 2009
Building a Green Economy
It is time to put Americans back to work and guarantee a livable planet for future generations by weaning ourselves off of our dangerous addiction.
By Tommaso Boggia, April 30, 2009
Three-Fourths of a Paycheck
Six ways we justify the gender pay gap—and why we shouldn’t
By Kay Steiger, April 28, 2009
Dear Mr. Horowitz, Facts Still Count
New report examines the inaccuracies in One-Party Classroom’s accusations, as well as the lack of evidence and faulty logic underlying its claims and conclusions.
By the Free Exchange on Campus Coalition, April 28, 2009
Line Item Gender Relations
Obama’s budget has mixed implications for women on sex ed, contraception, and HIV/AIDS
By Emma DiMantova, April 27, 2009
21 Ways Faith Groups Are Combating Global Warming
Religious communities across the country are celebrating Earth Day every day this year by taking long-term, sustainable steps to help reduce global warming.
By Center for American Progress, April 27, 2009
God and Same-Sex Marriage
Four things you didn’t know about God and same-sex marriage.
By Center for American Progress, April 27, 2009
How Will the Budget Affect Students in Your State?
The proposed budget would tie Pell Grants to inflation to maintain purchasing power.
By Pedro de la Torre III, April 27, 2009
Seven Questions About Green Jobs
Why the most productive jobs of the future will be green jobs
By Bracken Hendricks, Andrew Light, Benjamin Goldstein , April 25, 2009
Weathering the Storm: Black Men in the Recession
The recession is taking a toll on most Americans and has resulted in job losses not seen in almost 25 years, but black men have felt its effects particularly hard.
By Alexandra Cawthorne, April 24, 2009
Obama Signs Serve America Act
President Barack Obama takes a critical step toward changing the way we take action in America by signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
By Shirley Sagawa, April 24, 2009
Ask the Expert: What Is Cap and Trade?
What is cap and trade? How does cap and trade figure into President Obama’s budget? What effect will a successful cap-and-trade program have on the economy?
By Kari Manlove, April 24, 2009
A New Hope
Action on climate change has stalled for decades, but new legislation on the horizon might tackle the problem.
By Adam J. Welti, April 22, 2009
Funding Our Future
Our generation wants to make sure that the nation’s priorities are on making education affordable, health care accessible, and greening our economy.
By Campus Progress, April 21, 2009
Affordable College Education for All Americans
“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” – President Barack Obama
By Pedro de la Torre III, April 14, 2009
Spring Break is for Fun, Not for Debt
Before you’re ready to say “live for the moment” and splurge on all the extras of spring break, take a second to think about your financial future.
By Tim Westrich, March 17, 2009
Quiz: How Progressive Are You?
Take the quiz to see how your own ideological leanings stack up against those of your fellow Americans.
By Center for American Progress, March 10, 2009
The Other College
Retention and completion rates among two-year college students.
By Molly F. McIntosh, Cecilia Elena Rouse , March 5, 2009
Recovery and Reinvestment 102
Frequently asked questions about the recession and economic recovery plan passed by Congress.
By Center for American Progress, March 5, 2009
What It Takes to Wear Green
What will it take to implement a green-jobs agenda?
By Sarah Karlin, March 4, 2009
The Right to Organize
Why Congress should pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
By Jake Blumgart, February 26, 2009
Minorities Struggle in the Labor Market
A look at the facts highlights the dramatic losses in employment that have battered minorities since the recession began.
By Amanda Logan, February 25, 2009
Video: How the Economic Recovery Plan Works
Follow the example of a construction project to see how the stimulus works.
By Center for American Progress, February 25, 2009
Text Me
How electronic reminders can give consumers the right information at the right time.
By Tim Westrich, February 13, 2009
Stimulate This
Three reasons why student aid is crucial to the economic stimulus package.
By Pedro de la Torre III, February 6, 2009
Top Ten Stories of 2008
The most popular Campus Progress stories published last year: Rachel Maddow, Late Night Shots, and The Weather Underground.
By Campus Progress, January 2, 2009
Tuition Crunch
The economic crisis has created tight budgets everywhere—and it may end up being students who pay the price.
By Pedro de la Torre III, December 19, 2008
It's Easy Being Green
Ten tips for greener holiday gifts
By The Center for American Progress, December 12, 2008
No Child Left Behind (For Real This Time)
With a new administration waiting in the wings, an unlikely coalition—including Bill Ayers!—has formed to push education to the top of the president’s agenda.
By Celia Segel, December 3, 2008
Investing in High-Speed Rail
New legislation supports trains that can compete with planes for travel between major American cities.
By Eliza Krigman, November 21, 2008
Why Transportation Matters
If our country’s financial crisis and subsequent government bailout have made one thing clear, it’s that the next few years will be no cakewalk.
By Andrew Bielak, October 31, 2008
Moving Toward Life Sentences
The death penalty has become less frequent in the United States, but that doesn’t mean it will be abolished any time soon.
By Matthew Corritore, October 21, 2008
Reorganizing the International Service Bureaucracy
International service and foreign aid span too many departments and government agencies; what it needs is organization.
By Celia Segel, October 9, 2008
Wal-Mart’s Labor Problem
The company has a history of (not) dealing with workers’ rights and shirking on employee benefits.
By Aaron Ludensky, September 15, 2008
The Legacy of PEPFAR
Bush has made HIV/AIDS relief a priority, but he’s thwarted his own efforts by relying on unsound abstinence-only education.
By Stephanie Gross, August 20, 2008
Green Father's Day Gifts
As a testament to Campus Progress’s commitment to an environmentally friendly lifestyle, here are some eco-chic gift ideas for Father’s Day.
By Paula-Raye O'Sullivan, June 12, 2008
Student Loan Crisis?
Fear not: The mortgage crisis hasn’t doomed the student loan industry.
By Ben Miller, June 10, 2008
Valuable Wasteland
Why the preservation of swamps and bogs could hold the key to stopping global warming.
By Adam Welti, May 23, 2008
Generation Progressive
A recent report shows that young people favor universal health care, strong labor unions, and economic equality.
By Amanda Logan , May 20, 2008
A New Kind of Addiction
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise on college campuses.
By Elizabeth Stannard Gromisch, May 16, 2008
Making Med Schools More Diverse
America needs more minority doctors—and the government can help make it happen.
By Andrew Herstein, May 6, 2008
Ending Ethnic Conflict in Uganda
A long-awaited peace agreement hinges on international courts backing down.
By Kayla Walker, April 14, 2008
Why Superdelegates Exist
They’re supposed to make the Democratic presidential nominating process more democratic, not less.
By Brittany Schulman, April 9, 2008
Choice 101
How to get up to speed on the basics of reproductive rights.
By Bobby Allyn and Brittany Schulman, January 22, 2008
Young Americans and Health Insurance
Why young people should demand change to our health care system.
By Rebecca Mansbach, January 14, 2008
Torture for Dummies
The new attorney general says he doesn’t know if waterboarding is torture. Of course it is.
By Jesse Singal, Campus Progress, November 13, 2007
Don't Sell Your Soul
National service provides job opportunities — with paychecks — to college graduates.
By Tamara Chao, Center for American Progress, November 9, 2007
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Why students, schools, and governments should care about mass transit.
By Ryan Avent, November 6, 2007
Crib Sheet: "Islamofascism"
Debunking a Conservative Smear Tactic
By Annika Carlson and Sarah Dreier, October 22, 2007
The U.S. Embargo of Cuba
Why we should engage Cuba.
By Andrew Tillman, Tufts University, September 4, 2007
Katrina's Long Shadow
Two years later, there’s still so much to be rebuilt in New Orleans.
By Jim Downie, Columbia University, August 29, 2007
Cleaning Up a Candidate’s Act
How to get special interest money out of elections.
By Andrew Calderaro, SUNY-Nassau Community College, June 27, 2007
Ask the Expert: Kari Manlove on Climate Adaptation
What is climate adaptation? Why should the United States help developing countries adapt to the effects of climate change? And what is the United States doing to far on climate adaptation?
By Kari Manlove, May 7, 2006
Refresh Your Memory: Alberto Gonzales
The Attorney General has a long, shady history.
Crib Sheet, Mic Check Radio, Tuesday July 31, 2007
Crib Sheet: The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Crib Sheet, Tanya Doriss, George Washington University, Thursday July 26, 2007
How the Farm Bill Affects More Than Just Farms
The stealthy farm bill has fooled Americans for years into thinking it only affects people who wear overalls to work.
Crib Sheet, Laura Sahramaa, Center for American Progress, Wednesday July 18, 2007
Crib Sheet: Veterans
A history of neglect.
Crib Sheet, Dorna Mohaghegh, University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday July 17, 2007
Iraq’s Refugee Crisis
A massive, troublesome exodus.
Crib Sheet, Ian Bomberg, Tufts University, Monday July 16, 2007
Bush Speaks On Iraq
Fact-checking Bush’s latest Iraq speech.
Courtesy of Mic Check Radio, Thursday July 12, 2007
Crib Sheet: Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind
Why it hasn’t saved American education.
Crib Sheet, Jim Downie, Columbia University, and Zach Marks, Yale University, June 7, 2007
Crib Sheet: Student Loan Industry
What makes a “preferred lender.”
Crib Sheet, Nicole Vance, Iowa State University, May 15, 2007
Crib Sheet: Poverty
The Center for American Progress’ Poverty Task Force recommendations.
Crib Sheet, Elisa Minoff, May 7, 2007
Crib Sheet: Affirmative Action
The history and future of the controversial program.
Ryan Werder, University of Michigan Apr. 25, 2007
Crib Sheet: The Employee Free Choice Act
Why Card Check Neutrality is good for workers.
Matt Singer, Apr. 2, 2007
Crib Sheet: The American Council of Trustees and Alumni
How their “Intellectual Diversity” agenda is advocating censorship.
Craig Smith, Mar. 26, 2007
Crib Sheet: Iraq War Update
What is going on in Iraq now and what we can do about it.
Ross Mudrick, University of Wisconsin, Mar. 19, 2007
Crib Sheet: Broadband Access
Why young people should fight for broadband penetration.
Anne Shoup, Center for American Progress, Feb. 28, 2007
Crib Sheet: Why We Shouldn’t Attack Iran
Ben Furnas, Feb. 22, 2007
College Debt Relief
January 25, 2007
Blogging
An intro to spreading your voice online.
Ezra Klein, Jan. 4, 2007
Crib Sheet: John Bolton Resigns
Grant Ginder, Dec. 5, 2006
Trent Lott Rises Again
Some quick facts on the Senator now that he’s back in the leadership.
Christy Harvey, Nov. 15, 2006
Make Sure Your Vote Counts!
A student guide to voting in 2006.
Joseph Peha, University of Denver, Nov. 3, 2006
Equal Rights at Work
Understanding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Keith White, University of Virginia, Nov. 13, 2006
Beyond Choice
A reproductive health vision for a post-Roe generation.
Dana Goldstein, Oct. 20, 2006
Iraq Redeployment
An Iraq plan with a realistic timeline.
Keith White, University of Virginia, Sep. 27, 2006
The 9/11 Commission Report Card
Five Years Latter, the Bush Administration Fails to Protect the Nation.
Keith White, University of Virginia, Sep. 8, 2006
Taking the South
Grassroots organizing in conservative regions.
Laura Hosman, University of Southern Mississippi, Aug. 30, 2006
Stem Cell Research
What we’re set to lose from Bush’s veto.
Alix Rogers, University of Pennsylvania, July 20, 2006
North Korea's Missile Tests
Kim Jong Il’s missiles are not a threat to the US… for now.
Andrew Grotto, American Progress, July 6, 2006
Avian Flu
The facts on the WHO’s recent announcement of human-to-human transmissibility.
Andrew Grotto, American Progress, June 29, 2006
Obstetric Fistula
Wrought by poor public health, this condition is preventable- and you can help.
Genna Beier, Pomona College, June 20, 2006
One Strike and You're Out
You can’t play softball if you don’t have health insurance.
Ezra Klein, May 30, 2006
The Craft of Having an Opinion
An editor at The New Republic on how to write an op-ed.
Adam B. Kushner, May 16, 2006
Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
The facts about today’s most (potentially) explosive issue.
Andrew Grotto, American Progress, Apr. 24, 2006
Hyperstimulating the Controversy
The ethics of the egg-donor business, despite conservative warnings, has little bearing on embryonic stem cell research.
Sam Berger, American Progress, Apr. 13, 2006
Who Is Josh Bolten?
(And, yes, spell it with an “e”.)
Christy Harvey, American Progress, Mar. 28, 2006
Nukes and India
Nuclear Weapons and the India Nuclear Deal.
Andrew Grotto, Center for American Progress, Mar. 14, 2006
Direct Loans
How billions are being wasted that could go toward student aid.
Adam DeDent, Ohio State University, Mar. 2, 2006
Wiretapping Without a Warrant
Clearing up the administration’s faulty intelligence surrounding the NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Program.
Sam Berger, Center for American Progress, Feb. 22, 2006
Malpractice & Tort “Reform”
Why crippling the system won’t fix a thing.
Kate Steadman, Feb. 9, 2006
Universal Health Care
Debunking five of the right’s favorite myths.
Tyler Zimmer, Vanderbilt University, Jan. 12, 2006
Intelligent Design
The Evolution of the Creationist Agenda.
Jonathan Moreno, Sam Berger and Jonas Singer, Center for American Progress, Dec. 16, 2005
Critical Condition – December 7, 2005
Big Pharma is hiring cheerleaders while you should be rooting for the generic team.
Kate Steadman, UC-Santa Cruz, Dec. 7, 2005
Critical Condition – December 7, 2005
Big Pharma is hiring cheerleaders while you should be rooting for the generic team.
Kate Steadman, UC-Santa Cruz, Dec. 7, 2005
HP-What?
Everything you need to know about HPV, cervical cancer and a brand new vaccine that the right wing is crusading to stop.
Rhian Kohashi O’Rourke, Center for American Progress, Nov. 21, 2005
Critical Condition – November 18, 2005
What you need to know about Health Savings Accounts.
Kate Steadman, UC-Santa Cruz, Nov. 18, 2005
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Activists
Just say no to “barf boy,” and other tips before you start your campaign.
Andrew Fong, Harvard University, Nov. 9, 2005
Alito the Right-Wing Activist
More machine guns, less family leave, and other views from the new Supreme Court pick.
Nov. 3, 2005
Progressive Bioethics: The Future is Now
Four issues in bioethics that progressives can address now to make the world a cleaner, healthier and better place to live.
Dr. Jonathan Moreno, Center for American Progress, Nov. 1, 2005
Alternative Publications
Campus Progress’ crash course in starting, strengthening and promoting your progressive publication.
Andrew Garib, Cornell University, Oct. 31, 2005
Critical Condition – October 26, 2005
Plan B: what you should know (and are being prevented from doing) about the morning-after pill.
Kate Steadman, UC Santa Cruz, Oct. 26, 2005
Pakistani Earthquake
The Bush Administration is offering a paltry initial aid package. Here’s why the UN and Pakistan say much more is needed, and why Bush should be racing to give it.
J.R. Lentini, New College of Florida, Oct. 14, 2005
Critical Condition – October 12, 2005
About to graduate? Need health insurance? Here’s your guide to COBRA.
Kate Steadman, UC Santa Cruz, Oct. 12, 2005
Budget Deficit Disorder
Seems the Republican leadership is suffering from a serious sickness. We outline the symptoms, complications and treatment for their chronic loss of fiscal discipline.
Michael Powers, George Washington University, Oct 11, 2005
Payola
Corporate radio sucks. Dirty money’s the culprit. Here are ten things you need to know.
Timothy Karr, Free Press, Oct. 11, 2005
Tom DeLay’s Guide To Criminal Justice
A potential inmate’s views on how justice should work, in his own words.
Oct. 3, 2005
Critical Condition
Introducing Campus Progress’ new health care column.
Kate Steadman, UC Santa Cruz, Sep. 27, 2005
Tom DeLay’s non-ethics
From attempted bribery to swank luxury vacations, what ethical rules hasn’t the House Majority Leader violated?
Sep. 29, 2005
Breaking the Bank for Books
GAO report confirms skyrocketing textbook prices. Here are 10 things students can do to save money and make change.
Courtney Morse, Portland State University. Aug. 17, 2005
Clean Energy
Congress and industry aren’t taking it seriously. You should.
Aaron Tucker, Sierra Club, July 27, 2005
Sex Ed
Federally funded abstinence-only programs are failing us, but our government keeps pumping money into them. Find out why.
Naina Dhingra, July 11, 2005
The G8: Why should you care?
Africa aid and climate change on the agenda, and will Tony stop ♥ing George?
Vilas Rao, Stanford University, July 6, 2005
Living Wage
Right-Wingers tell you why it can’t work. We tell you why they’re wrong.
Geoff Aung, Columbia University, June 14, 2005
Federal Courts and the Classroom
From censorship to drugs to evolution, ten ways that court decisions have affected students’ lives.
Jamin Raskin, May 25, 2005
Crash Course: Developing World Debt
So you want to learn about the World Bank, IMF, and why ‘poor’ countries stay that way? Pull up a chair.
Heather McGhee, May 23, 2005
So You Want to Run for Office?
One of the youngest office holders in America says you should run for office and tells you fifteen things to keep in mind when you do.
Alisha Thomas Morgan, May 17, 2005
Ten Things Wal-Mart Doesn’t Want You To Know
Find out the true costs behind those “everyday low prices.”
Jared Cram, Temple University, May 9, 2005
5 Filibusters Conservatives Wish You Would Forget
From turning their backs on workers to kowtowing to big tobacco, Senate conservatives have been there and done that.
Elana Berkowitz, May 2, 2005
The Filibuster
Anything called the “nuclear option” can’t be good. Here is what you need to know.
May 2, 2005
Campus Filibuster 101
Princeton students are filibustering Senator Frist. Find out how you can “Fristabust” with them.
May 2, 2005
Global Warming
It’s gettin’ hot in herre! Get the facts.
Ana Unruh Cohen, May 1, 2005
Your Real Wages in Bad Decline
Sorry, you were just born at the wrong time.
Heather McGhee, Apr. 19, 2005
Put Down the Pie
Six ways to tangle with conservatives on campus without resorting to a food fight.
Apr. 11, 2005
Meet John Bolton, the Anti-Diplomat
Check out the track record of President Bush’s disastrous nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the UN.
Mar. 31, 2005
10 Reasons Why You Should Care About Social Security
Rock The Vote gives you every reason to be concerned.
Mar. 29, 2005
Affordable Health Coverage for All
Health insurance is good for you. Too bad this administration doesn’t care.
Mar. 23, 2005
Be an Internet Sleuth
On deadline? The Progress Report’s Nico Pitney shows you five ways to get the information you need when you need it.
Nico Pitney, Mar. 16, 2005
Judicial Nominations
The judges President Bush puts on the bench will affect your life for the next forty years. So pay attention.
The Alliance for Justice, March 10, 2005
10 Things Big Media Doesn’t Want You to Know
How mega corporations hog the airwaves and why it matters.
Mar. 8, 2005
Sudan
A few things you need to know about Darfur.
Mar. 7, 2005
I Will Survive: The 10 Albums That Will Get Me Through the Nightmare Years
From Wilco to The Flaming Lips to Charles Mingus to The Roots, a soundtrack for survival in tough political times.
Geoff Aung, Columbia University, Mar. 4, 2005
University, Inc.: 10 Things You Should Know About Corporate Corruption on Campus
Jennifer Washburn exposes all the ways big business is intruding on your campus – from the Kmart Chair of Marketing to threats to U.S. Innovation.
Jennifer Washburn, Feb. 24, 2005
Social Security
Don’t be fooled, privatization is a rip off.
Ben Hubbard, Feb. 23, 2005
Detox: Five Reasons Why I’m Not a Conservative Anymore
Jason Bradfield counts down the reasons that he went from an Ollie North loving young conservative to diehard progressive.
Jason Bradfield, Feb. 16, 2005
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