Center for American Progress
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Center for American Progress. The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ...
Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity - Center for American …
WEBHealth coverage. In 2017, 16.1 percent of Hispanics were uninsured compared with 5.9 percent of non-Hispanic whites. 16. 83.9 percent of Hispanics had health care coverage in 2017 compared with 93 ...
The Facts About Americans Who Receive Public Benefits
WEBDec 16, 2011 · Fact: Most public benefits targeting low-income Americans are not paid in cash. Only about 10 percent of all federal dollars devoted to public benefits programs for low-income Americans are paid ...
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Boost an Economic …
WEBJan 27, 2021 · President Joe Biden included a long overdue pay raise for millions of America’s minimum wage workers in his $1.9 trillion rescue plan rolled out last week. Its inclusion immediately came under ...
Community-Based Violence Interventions: Proven Strategies To …
WEBJun 15, 2022 · In America, gunshots rattle communities every 11 minutes.Amid this cycle of tragedy, community violence intervention (CVI) programs are addressing the root causes of violence to end cycles before ...
10 Ways the ACA Has Improved Health Care in the Past Decade
WEBMar 23, 2020 · The ACA also invested in other improvements for the Medicare program by establishing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which is responsible for developing ways to improve patient ...
Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of the …
WEBJan 12, 2023 · LGBTQI+ people and other “sexual and gender diverse” 1 people experience structural and interpersonal discrimination that adversely affects their well-being and drives disparate outcomes ...
Christian Nationalism Is ‘Single Biggest Threat’ to America’s …
WEBApr 13, 2022 · To learn more about the shifting landscape of religious liberty, the Center for American Progress conducted an interview over email in February 2022 with religious liberty expert Amanda Tyler.
African Americans Face Systematic Obstacles to Getting Good Jobs
WEBDec 5, 2019 · The employed share of prime-age Black workers stood at 75.7 percent from November 2018 to October 2019, while it averaged 80.8 percent for white workers in this age group. (see Figure 4) Even ...
The Facts on Marijuana Equity and Decriminalization
WEBApr 20, 2021 · Automatic retroactive expungement of past marijuana convictions: Roughly 70 to 100 million people are living in the United States with a criminal record, which can carry lasting effects and hinder ...