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America a Is Bes. Tas Progressive.

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Reclaiming he Naional Agenda

John Podesa, Presiden and CEO

2008 HERALDS THE WELCOMED END o a presidenial

adminisraion and a change in leadership or our counry. 2008

may very well also mark he year ha our naion begins a 21s

cenury era o progress based on he progressive radiions oAmerica a is bes. Americans appear o be ready, afer eigh long

years o desrucive, small-minded, and ineecual conservaivepolicies, o embrace a new direcion and a progressive agenda.

By reclaiming a naional mandae or change, progressives nowhave a manies opporuniy o:

End he war in Iraq and resore Americas global leadership

Accelerae Americas ransormaion rom an economy based

on high-carbon sources ha pu our naional securiy andhealh o our plane a risk o a low-carbon economy buil on

susainable sources o energy

Reinvigorae our economy and ensure ha workers a all skill

levels have prospecs or good jobs, rising incomes, and a

uncioning saey ne Provide aordable healh care o every American

Expand access o eecive educaion or all our children and

give hem he skills hey need o succeed

Puting progressives in a posiion o assume he leadership o our

counry has been a long and arduous journey. I mean rebuilding

a progressive movemen rom he ground up ha could go oe

o oe wih esablished and well-unded conservaive rivals. I

required esablishing new and lasing insiuions ha would

provide new soluions o he challenges acing he counry and asharp and reasoned criique o conservaive policy. I demanded

a modernizaion o our communicaions capabiliies so ha

progressives could hen demand a new balance in he mulimedia

environmen in which o cials and elies debae.

Te Cener or American Progress and our siser organizaion,

he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund, provide a oun-daion or odays progressive acivism and voice. We have led he

eor o push back agains ailed conservaive policies and con-

sruced a ramework or wha odays progressive polices couldlook like and how hey could be realized. Our powerul blend o

policy analysis and media sophisicaion helps creae an environ-

men in which public o cials and media elies now debae he

criical policies and issues more and more on our erms. And our

parnerships and convening bring aciviss and voers ogeher odemand he seismic changes he counry requires.

Geting here, however, may only prove o be hal he batle.

We changed he way progressives gh. Now we need heprogressive policies o be pu in place.

I 2008 is he year progressive ideas win he day, hen 2009 will

surely begin he hard labor o seeing our ideas and ideals enacedino a new progressive governing agenda or our naion. CAP

and CAPAF sand ready o help propel our policies over he rue

nish linecreaing anew a naion seeped in he pracice, policy,

and ideals o he American progressive movemen.


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Who We Are

Te Cener or American Progress is a hink ank dedicaed o

improving he lives o Americans hrough ideas and acion. We

combine bold policy ideas wih a modern communicaions pla-

orm o help shape he naional debae, expose he hollowness oconservaive governing philosophy, and challenge he media o

cover he issues ha ruly mater.

Te Cener or American Progress Acion Fund ransorms

progressive ideas ino policy hrough rapid response communi-caions, legislaive acion, grassroos organizing, and advocacy,

and parnerships wih oher progressive leaders hroughou he

counry and he world.

Our work builds upon progressive ideals pu orh by such leadersas eddy Roosevel, FDR, JFK, and Marin Luher King. We draw

rom he grea social movemens o he 20h cenuryrom labor

righs and worker saey, o civil righs and womens surage. We

ranslae hose values ino new ideas and acion rmly rooed in

he economic and poliical realiies o he 21s cenury.

How We Work

Trough dialogue wih leaders, hinkers, and ciizens, we explore

he vial issues acing America and he world. We develop a poin

o view and ake a sand. We hen build on ha and develop bold

new ideas.

We shape he naional debae. We share our poin o view wih

everyone who can pu our ideas ino pracice and eec posiive

change. Ta means online, on campus, in he media, on he shop

oor, in aih communiies, and in he boardroom. Our progres-

sive parners ake our ideas o Congress and saehouses.

Founded in 2003, CAP is headed by John D. Podesa, ormerchie o sa o Presiden Bill Clinon and Visiing Proessor a

he Georgeown Universiy Cener o Law. CAP and CAPAFare designed o provide long-erm leadership and suppor o he

progressive movemen. Our abiliy o develop houghul policy

proposals and engage in he war o ideas wih conservaives is

unique and eecive.

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What We Believe

As progressives, we believe America is a land o boundlessopporuniy, where people can beter hemselves, heir children,

heir amilies, and heir communiies hrough educaion, hard

work, and he reedom o climb he ladder o economic mobil-

iy. We believe an open and eecive governmen can cham-pion he common good over narrow sel-ineres, harness he

srengh o our diversiy, and secure he righs and saey o ispeople. And we believe our naion mus always be a beacon o

hope and srengh o he res o he world.

In oher words, a progressive is someone who is idealisic

enough o believe ha hings can be beter and pracical

enough o ge i done.

Our Priorities

Delivering universalhealth care SO THAT QUALITY,

ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL AMERICANS

AFFORDABLE HEALTH SERVICES

Creating

THAT IS ROBUST, BROADBASED,

TO ALL AMERICANS

progressive growth

AND RESTORES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Providing access

FOR ALL OUR CHILDRE N TO GIVE THEM

to efective education

THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED

TO MAKE AMERICA

Restoring Americasglobal leadership

MORE SECURE AND BUILD A BETTER WORLD

TO CREATE A CLEAN,

Seizing theenergy opportunity

A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

INNOVATIONLED ECONOMY THAT SUPPORTS


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CAP and CAPAF Policy Initiatives

Our Progressive Blueprin

AMERICAN PROGRESS IS WORKING wih New Democracy

Projec o produceA Progressive Blueprint: An Agency-by-Agency ransition or the 44th President, a websie and volume

drafed by 50 leading scholars, auhors, and ormer govern-

men o cials. Te projec incorporaes he experise o hosewho previously spen years immersed in policy issues and

sudying or running he key agencies a he ederal or sae

levels. Tis way, we can ensure ha on January 20, 2009, he

nex presiden has specic plans o undo he damage o he

pas eigh years and o pursue a new agenda rom 2009 o2013. Progressive Blueprin will be published by Basic Books

a he end o 20 08, jus in ime or a new adminisraion.

Our Work


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A Sraegy or Growh and Opporuniy

IN LATE 2007, CAP PROPOSED an eco-

nomic sraegy or he nex Adminisraion:

Progressive Growth: ransorming Americas

Economy through Clean Energy, Innovation, andOpportunity. Separae repors deail elemens

o he plan: he ransiion o a low-carbon

economy, regaining our edge in innovaion,

resoring economic mobiliy, an inernaional

economic sraegy, and a scal sraegy hashows how America can responsibly aord

his progressive agenda. Tese core sraegies,

in pursui o an economy ha is, inseparably,growing and providing opporuniy, orm hebasis or all o our economic work.

Our Work

Te American economy aces challenges boh immediae and undamenal. Even as CAP

addresses he problems o a collapsing housing marke, skyrockeing ood and energy prices

and salled growh, we say ocused on he sraegies needed or broadly-shared prosperiy.


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Promoing Innovaion and Economic Mobiliy

Te American Progress economic eam includes a dozen senior ellows including Gene Sperling,

ormer Naional Economic Council Direcor; Dr. Laura yson, he ormer Council o Economic

Advisors Chair, NEC Direcor, and Dean o Haas and London Business Schools; Dan arullo,

ormer Assisan o he Presiden or Inernaional Economic Policy; and Proessor Chrisian

Weller o he Universiy o Massachusets. ogeher he eam brings a wide range o high-levelpracical experience and analyic alen o he naions economic challenges.

CAP RECOGNIZES THE NEED or a new sraegy or American

compeiiveness ha will spur growh, creae high qualiy jobs, and

oer good wages o American workers. Senior Fellow Rick Samans

is building on his Virtuous Circle repor o creae an inernaional

economic agenda o raise living sandards a home and aroundhe globe, hrough acion by our governmen, as well as he ILO,

WO, World Bank, and oher inernaional insiuions. Mean-

while, Senior Fellows Laura yson and om Kalil are workingwih Associae Direcor Will Sraw and his colleagues a ScienceProgress o expand CAPsInnovation Agenda. Tey convened a

ask orce o scieniss and economiss o develop policy ha spurs

innovaion o ensure benes o he U.S. economy and workorce.

Our Work

A growing and equitable global economy will require engagement with leaders

of multilateral economic organizations such as the International Labor Organiza-tion Director-General Juan Somavia.



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LOUIS SOARES LEADS CAPS Economic Mobiliy projec,

aiming o resore a ladder o upward mobiliy by creaingopporuniy and providing an economic environmen where

people can aord o ake risks, inves in heir own uure, and

seize opporuniies. Upcoming repors will show how o be-

er align he possecondary educaion sysem wih he uure

needs o sudens and he economy.

CONGRESS HAS SHOWN SUPPORT or wo American Prog-

ress proposals on he housing crisis. Boh houses have passed aproposal by CAP Senior Fellow David Abromowiz and Associ-ae Direcor Andrew Jakobovics o help sabilize communiies

by buying oreclosed properies or reuse as aordable housing.

o preven more oreclosures and resore liquidiy o capial

markes, a eam lead by Senior Fellow Michael Barr developed

a plan or he bulk ranser aucion o a-risk morgages o newprivae hands. A sudy o his proposal is unded in pending

housing legislaion.

CAPAFS AMERICA N WORKER PROJEC T, direced by David

Madland, develops policy o help increase he wages, benes, andsecuriy o American workers and promoe heir righs a work.

Te projec is currenly ocused on reinvigoraing he Deparmen

o Labor including is enorcemen capaciy, reorming govern-

men conracing, and improving workplace reiremen plans.

SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS is he Naional Chair o Hal in

en, CAPAFs join, naional campaign ha draws rom he CAP

Povery ask Forces recommendaions, and he work o he CAPPovery and Prosperiy Program headed by Mark Greenberg,o promoe a naional goal o cuting povery in hal. CAPAF

joined wih ACORN, he Leadership Conerence on Civil Righs,

LCCR Educaion Fund, and he Coaliion on Human Needs o

help bring a new undersanding o he naure o povery in he

21s cenury economy and advance key sae and ederal poli-cies ha would dramaically reduce povery, build wealh and

increase economic mobiliy.



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Resoring American Securiy and Leadership

Wih Fellows like ormer Depuy Secreary o Deense Rudy deLeon, ormer Assisan Secre-

ary o Deense Lawrence Korb, and long-ime governmen spokesman on homeland securiy

PJ Crowley, along wih a diverse group o emerging new voices, American Progresss Naional

Securiy eam oers a wide-ranging experise on inernaional and homeland securiy issues. Our

progressive approach o U.S. challenges in Iraq (and elsewhere) blends a regional undersandingo he Middle Eas wih years o miliary experience.



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IN BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTYand Caught Of Guard, CAPs miliary policy

sa, led by Lawrence Korb, reviewed deploymen inormaion brigade by brigadeo illusrae he srain ha he Iraq war has aken on he readiness o our armed

orces and Naional Guard roops. CAP laer used is miliary experise o creaeHow to Redeploy, a logisically sound plan or implemening a sraegic redeploy-

men rom Iraq.

AMERICAN PROGRESS MARKED he fh anniversary o he invasion o Iraqand Mission Accomplished wih a series o evens, eauring Senaors Joe Biden

(D-DE), Rober Byrd (D-WV), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Jack Reed (D-RI);Chairman John Murha (D-PA); CNNs Michael Ware; and Phil Donahue wih

his lm Body o War. CAP also released How Does Tis End? and Changing

Rationales, which highligh boh he decepion and misakes ha led us ino heIraq war and he sraegic problems ha remain afer he surge.

SENIOR FELLOW GAYLE SMITH is redening American securiy wih her

Susainable Securiy projec. Working in coaliion wih groups like he Cener or

Global Developmen and Oxam, Smihs eam is garnering suppor or essenialoreign aid reorms. Meanwhile, hrough innovaive policy research and dialogues

wih securiy expers, CAP is spreading he undersanding ha rue naional secu-

riy mus involve human and collecive securiy.

THE THIRD EDITION OF CAP and Foreign Policys errorism Indexa semi-annual survey o over 100 o Americas mos eseemed errorism and naional

securiy expershelped ocus policymakers on he acs abou errorism in

preparaion or General Peraeus repor o Congress. Te ourh ediion comesou in mid-2008.

SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST Caroline Wadhams and Lawrence Korb

are developing sraegies o ensure success or he mission in Aghanisan hrough

improved reconsrucion and increased inernaional engagemen. One sraegy is

he creaion o he pos o Special Inspecor General or Aghanisan Reconsruc-ion, which has been included in boh he House and Senae versions o he Deense

Auhorizaion Ac.

Our Work

With the United States five years into a war in Iraq, CAPAF broughttogether media, academic, and policy leaders, including SenatorChuck Hagel (R-NE) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Chairman Joe Biden, to discuss why we must end the war andhow to accomplish it.



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Delivering Universal Healh Care

AS THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE rages in 2008, American

Progress is playing an acive role. CAPAF expers, including

Lambrew and Senior Fellow Peer Swire, esiy regularly beore

Congress on healh coverage, healh privacy, and oher majorissues in healh reorm. CAP has also debued Healh Bulleins,

a regular publicaion which racks he ongoing conversaion on

healh care. Healh Bulleins combines eaure sories, back-ground basics, graphs, ineracives, and more o illuminae keyconceps o healh policy, including ax policy, prevenion, and

access, and o promoe progressive soluions.

FOLLOWING THE FALL 2006 RELEASE o he Wellness

rus by CAP Presiden and CEO John D. Podesa and JeanneLambrew, CAP has coninued o promoe increased awareness

o he signicance o prevenion in healh reorm. Te Wellness

Our Work

Te American Progress Healh Policy eam, led by Direcor o Healh Policy Karen Davenpor and

Senior Fellow Jeanne Lambrew, develops new policy soluions and analysis ha will advance he

cause o aordable healh care or all. Te eam plays an acive role in shaping he key healh care

debaes in Congress and on he campaign rail. Building on he 2005 release o CAPs Plan or a

Healhy America, CAPs expers are promoing prevenion-based healh care measures, invesiga-ing he bes use o inormaion echnology and daa analysis in healh care provision, and examin-

ing he inuence o he geneic and environmenal aspecs o race in America on healh oucomes.

Touring the country with Criticaland a newslideshow presentation, Senator Daschle hasleveraged his considerable experience to draw

more attention to the urgent need for health carereform in this country.



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IN MARCH 2008, SENATOR TOM DASCHLE released his bookCritical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis, which lays

ou his innovaive idea o a Federal Healh Board, modeled afer

he Federal Reserve, which would be one componen o a plan

or healh care reorm.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Columbia Universiys Cener or

Medicine as a Proession, CAP is developing a series o landmark

papers on resrucuring he naions healh care delivery sysem.Wih a se o disinguished auhors, including Don Berwick, MD,Paul Ginsburg, and Seve Schroeder, MD, his projec examines

how we can improve healh care qualiy, paymen incenives, and

populaion healh, among oher opics.

rus would prioriize prevenion in he U.S. healh sysem byconsolidaing exising spending on clinical prevenive services

and healh promoion aciviies.

CAP IS PLACING SPECIAL EMPHASIS on he eec business

leaders can have on he healh reorm debae. We have beenbuilding relaionships and exploring healh care concerns w ih

major corporae leaders, including Te Boeing Company and

Choicepoin. Also, as a ounding member o he Beter HealhCare ogeher coaliion, CAP has brough ogeher a neworko business, labor, and public policy hinkers who share he

convicion ha broad-based healh care reorm is among he

mos pressing economic and moral imperaives acing our

naion. Formed in early 2007, oher ounding members include

corporae leaders such as A&, Kelly Services, Inel, and Wal-Mar, and labor leaders such as SEIU and Communicaions

Workers o America.


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Seizing he Energy Opporuniy

CAPs Energy Opporuniy eam combines is experise on local, naional and inernaional pol-

icy o creae and promoe a low-carbon energy agenda or he 21s cenury. Ki Baten, Managing

Direcor or Energy and Environmenal Policy, collaboraes wih Bracken Hendricks, Daniel J.

Weiss, Joe Romm, Rober M. Sussman, Gayle Smih, Jake Caldwell, odd Sern, and Van Jones,

as well as Disinguished Senior Fellow Senaor om Daschle o develop energy and global warm-

ing policies ha oer growh and opporuniy as par o he ransiion o a low-carbon economy.



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ENERGY POLICY IS ECONOMIC POLICY,which is why CAPs economic sra-

egy advocaes or he ederal governmen o esablish an economy-wide green-

house gas cap-and-rade program, wih all o he emissions permis aucioned.

Te aucion revenue can hen spur widespread adopion o low-carbon energy ande ciency echnologies and help ose energy coss or low- and middle-income

Americans. CAP is working wih he Poliical Economy Research Insiue on

an analysis o how our suie o low-carbon energy policy recommendaions will

srenghen domesic job creaion and spur economic growh.

RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE o resoring U.S. global leadership onclimae change and energy, Baten and Sussman, wih counerpars around he

world, are exploring Americas role in ongoing pos-Kyoo inernaional nego-

iaions. Our expers also work on alleviaion o inernaional energy poveryusing clean developmen sraegies and echnologies, along wih argeed adap-

aion aid or counries disproporionaely aeced by global warming. John

Podesa and Peer Ogden are shaping dialogues concerning how we mainain

securiy alongside global warming and energy scarciy. Jake Caldwell is working

on synergies beween inernaional rade and climae change policies and oensure susainable producion o he nex generaion o low-carbon biouels.

CAPAF WORKS AROUND THE COUNTRY o promoe Green Ciies and

Green Jobs iniiaives, which drive sae and local economic developmen

hrough raining or green-collar jobs in green consrucion, renewableenergy echnology insallaion, and energy e ciency reros. Hendricks is

working closely wih Washingon D.C.s Kwame Brown and Adrian Feny, as

well as Newark, NJs Cory Booker o bring hese projecs o heir ciies.

THE PROJECT PHIN: CLEAN MY RIDE, FLEX MY FUEL campaign won he

Pollie award in poliical communicaions or raising awareness abou reduc-

ing greenhouse gas emissions and our naions dependence on oil. Creaed and

managed by CAPAF Senior Fellow Laura Nichols, i employed exensive social

neworking and a series o sar-sudded videos, sarring celebriies including MatDamon, Ben A eck, and Sarah Silverman, o educae Americans abou he need

o increase vehicle uel e ciency and he availabiliy o alernaive low carbon uels.

From Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to House Select Committeeon Energy I ndependence and Global Warming Chairman Edward

Markey, leaders on energy issues frequently choose CAPAF todiscuss the pressing questions facing our country s use of energy.

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Providing Access o Eecive Educaion

IN 2005, THE RENEWING OUR SCHOOLS, Securing OurFuure Naional ask Force on Public Educaion released Get-

ting Smarter, Becoming Fairer, oering our main prioriies oaddress he challenges o a global economy, rapidly changing

demographics, and a lingering and dangerous achievemen gap

or minoriy and low-income sudens. Direcor o EducaionPolicy Cynhia G. Brown has led he developmen o innova-

ive programs ha make hese prioriies a realiy, by expanding

learning ime, nding and preparing highly eecive eachersand principals, and promoing naional sandards, accoun-

abiliy, and scal equiy. Wih he reauhorizaion o he NoChild Lef Behind Ac, CAPAF has been promoing legislaive

policy on hese iniiaives, in he orm o he EACH Ac, he

Graduaion Promise Fund, and he Expanded Learning imeand School Redesign Demonsraion Program.

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ELIZABETH EDWARDS,bes-sellingauhor, atorney, and advocae, recenly

joined American Progress as a Senior

Fellow. Mrs. Edwards works on healh

care issues and wries or Te Wonk

Room. Speaking rom an undersandingo policy and her personal experience,

Elizabeh Edwards regularly appears on

nework elevision.

AS POLITICAL AND POLICY BATTLES are waged ha will deermine heuure direcion o he counry, he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund

has assembled a new policy blog o make he progressive case in his ideologi-cal debae. Te Wonk Room (www.hinkprogress.org/wonkroom) is he rs-

ever public policy rapid-response blog o is kind.

Te Wonk Room drives he ideological debae in our key policy areas: healh

care, economic mobiliy, naional securiy, and climae change. Insead o buy-

ing ino he medias obsession wih he poliical horserace, we draw atenion o

subsanive dierences beween conservaive and progressive policy approaches

and work o advance he progressive perspecive. Our ulimae goal is o creaea mandae or progressive acion in each o he our core policy areas. Tese pol-

icy argumens will se he one or acion on hese issues in 2009 and beyond.

Te Wonk Room is as becoming a go-o resource or inuenial policymak-

ers and opinion leaders in he worlds o poliics and he media. Tanks oTe Wonk Room, reporers have included considered progressive soluions

in heir analysis o he housing crisis and shown he coss and inequiies o a

ax-cu-only economic plan.

ENERGY WONK ROOM Direcor o Climae Sraegy Daniel J. Weiss has

also developed he Energy Wonk Room, a collaboraion wih naional and

sae environmenal organizaions o educae he public, media, and public

o cials abou progressive energy and global warming policies. Te Energy

Wonk Room debunks atacks on global warming science, promoes he eco-nomic opporuniies and benes o global warming soluions and a low-car-

bon economy, and rebus alse atacks on hose who promoe such policies.

A project of the Cen ter for American Progre ss Action Fund

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CAMPUS PROGRESS, par o CAP,

works o help young peopleadvocaes,

aciviss, journaliss, arissmake

heir voices heard on issues ha mater.Trough an online magazine and suden

publicaions, mulimedia projecs, public

evens, and grassroos issue campaigns,

Campus Progress acs o empower new

progressive leaders naionwide as heydevelop resh ideas, communicae in new

ways, push policy oucomes in a progres-

sive direcion, and build a srong progres-sive movemen.

FAITH AND PROGRESSIVE POLICY

INITIATIVE, a projec o CAP, works o

ariculae he values undergirding policy

issues, shape a progressive sance inwhich hese values are clear, and increase

public awareness o hem. Te Iniiaive

works wih CAP policy eams on issues

including naional securiy, he environ-

men, povery, science, and more. Inaddiion, he Iniiaive releases books

on pressing religion-policy issues; holds

evens wih leading hinkers, advocaes,and policymakers; and sponsors mee-ings where people wih opposing views

on polarizing issues can nd common

ground. In all is eors, he Iniiaive

works or a sociey and governmen

ha srenghen he common good andrespec he basic digniy o all people.

REEL PROGRESS is he progressive lm

series sponsored by CAP. Since March

2005, CAP has hosed ree screenings

open o he public in Washingon, D.C,Los Angeles, CA, and around he coun-

ry. Tese screenings include provocaive

panel discussions wih leading policy

expers, acors, and lmmakers. We aim

o advance a progressive agenda hroughinnovaive lms ha connec he ars

wih campaigns or social change and

progressive public policy.


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STATE PROGRESS is a projec o boh

CAP and he CAP Acion Fund, working

o advance he progressive movemen a

he sae and local levels by: ampliyingand supporing he work o sae and

local progressive policymakers, groups,

and individuals; building connecions

and aciliaing communicaion wihin

he progressive movemen beween local,sae, and ederal levels; and working in

parnership wih sae and local acors o

develop and promoe bold, innovaive,and new progressive ideas.

THINKPROGRESS.ORG, a produc o

he CAP Acion Fund, is a provocaive

blog and issue orum ha was voed he

Bes Liberal Blog in he 2006 WeblogAwards and won he 2008 Sidney Hill-

man Blog Award. CAPAFs research eam

ollows he laes newsresponding

o corrupion and incompeence in he

esablishmen, calling ou he main-sream media on inaccurae or biased

reporing, and highlighing posiive

developmens in he progressive move-men. Te audience or he blog sands amore han 3 million readers per monh.

Tinkprogress.org consisenly ranks in

he op 15 mos popular blogs worldwide,

according o echnorai and Blog Pulse.

Along wih he blog, he eam creaes TeProgress Repor, a daily email newsleter

wih 80,000 subscribers.

MIC CHECK RADIO, a produc o he

CAP Acion Fund, is a daily prep shee

websie or progressive alk radio hoss.

Tis ree daily service collecs he oppoliical and enerainmen news and

arms hoss wih acs and alking poins.

Te mix o reporing allows hoss o

blend heir discussions o hard news wih

he pop culure liseners will be buzzingabou. Users can rack upcoming evens

involving public gures wih calendars

and schedules. Tey can also downloadsound bies rom expers ha are readyor use on he air.

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I AM PROGRESS is he acivis arm o

he Cener or American Progress Acion

Fund ha seeks o build progressive

ideniy, engage he progressive aciviscommuniy, and advance progressive

ideas. Inegraing online and o ine

communiy-building and acivism cam-

paigns, I Am Progress provides a vehicle

or progressive aciviss o be a drivingorce in he nex progressive movemen.

THE AMERICAS PROJECT ackles he

pressing issues relaed o he Unied

Saes relaionship wih and place in he

Americas. From orums eauring headso sae and regional inernaional organi-

zaions o a panel discussion carried live

on CSPAN involving leading local polii-

cians examining how he immigraion

debae has measasized a he local level,he Projecs work draws atenion o a

progressive perspecive ha oherwise

ofen ges overlooked.

MIDDLE EAST PROGRESS develops

and highlighs pracical approaches o

resolving he Arab-Israeli conic ha

reec he will and aspiraions o a vasmajoriy o Israelis and Arabs living he

conic every day. Middle Eas Progress

publishes heMiddle East Bulletin, an

inuenial email newsleter published

wice a week; pracical innovaiveprivae-public parnerships o build and

srenghen acors invesed in achieving a

sable and susainable poliical oucomein he Middle Eas; and public evensand privae discussions ha eecively

shape he policy dynamic on securiy

and economic issues.


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SCIENCE PROGRESS connecs policy-

makers across he counry wih he scien-

iss and innovaors who are developing

new ideas and pioneering echnologiesha will underpin progressive policy

prioriies in he 21s cenury. Wih an

online magazine and blog, as well as a

prin journal, Science Progress promoes

science and echnology policy innova-ion a all speeds.

CLIMATE PROGRESS, one o he CAP

Acion Fund blogs, provides up-o-dae

responses o he laes news and debaes

on energy and global warming. Led bySenior Fellow Joe Romm, Climae Prog-

ress has quickly become one o he mos-

read environmenal blogs on he Inerne

and was recenly named by IME as one

o he op 15 environmenal blogs.

ENOUGH,American Progresss projec

on human righs in Arica, provides he

resources o help preven, miigae, and

resolve crises hrough he synhesis o in-deph eld analysis, high-level advocacy,

and grassroos acivism. Wih a view o

promoing susainable soluions o crises,

ENOUGH empowers and bonds he

growing ani-genocide movemen in heUnied Saes by providing policy solu-

ions o promoe a concree sraegy or

progress in Darur, norhern Uganda, andhe Democraic Republic o he Congo.


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IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, American Progress has accom-

plished wha i se ou o do: helping o advance he vision o a

more progressive America.

As a 21s-cenury hink ank, we have creaed an ideas agendaha reecs he values ha helped o advance womens surage

and civil righs, creae Social Securiy, and esablish Americas

role as a moral leader in he world.

As an organizaion wih a ocus on he uure, we have been suc-

cessul in engaging progressive leaders, advocaes, and aciviss

and providing hem a microphone o help srenghen a move-

men. Our eors have aken progressive ideas o he Americanpeoplehrough elevision, radio, he blogosphere, online

campaigns, and public evens. And American Progress has el

srong suppor or our eors and even greaer demand or our

work han we expeced.

American Progress operaes wo separae non-pro organizaions o maximize our abiliy o advance our progressive agenda. Te Cener or Ameri-

can Progress is a nonparisan 501 (c)(3) ax-exemp research and educaional insiue. Donaions will be ax-deducible and disclosed o he IRS.

Conribuions o he Cener or American Progress Acion Fund are no ax deducible and are disclosed o he IRS. Conribuions o he Acion

Fund suppor ransorming progressive ideas ino policy hrough a variey o aciviies. Te Acion Fund is a nonparisan 501 (c)(4) ax-exemp

organizaion dedicaed o achieving progress hrough acion.

Two non-profit organizations. One vision.

Conribue o American Progress

Te Cener or American Progress and Cener or American

Progress Acion Fund are playing a criical role his year by keep-

ing he debae ocused on issues ha progressives can win andcriiquing he conservaive policy choices ha have ailed our

counry or he pas seven years.

And we need your help to build a lasting institution.

America is ready or change and is ready o embrace he progres-

sive values and agenda we advocae. Wih your suppor, we will

coninue o promoe, gh or, and build a new brand o progres-

sive leadershipone ha Americans embrace and eel proud o.

For more inormation about American Progress, contact Debby Goldberg,

Senior Vice President or Development at [email protected].


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As progressives, we believe America should be a counry o boundless opporuniywhere all peoplecan beter hemselves hrough educaion, hard work, and he reedom o pursue heir dreams.

And we believe ha such a counry can only be achieved wih an open, eecive governmen haharnesses he srengh o our diversiy, secures he righs and saey o our ciizens, and championshe common good over narrow sel-ineres.

Trough ideas, advocacy, and acion, he Cener or American Progress and he Cener or AmericanProgress Acion Fund srive o make his vision a realiy in he daily lives o he American people.

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