What If the Tea Party Wins?
Ian Millhiser examines some of the essential programs that leading Tea Partiers would declare unconstitutional.
Obama vs. Bush: Who’s the Bigger Tax Cutter?
Michael Linden and Michael Ettlinger compare the two presidents’ records on taxes and find that President Obama’s first-term cuts are bigger than President Bush’s.
Government Spending Creates Jobs
CAP on the government's role in job creation.
» Infrastructure Spending Builds American Jobs
House Majority Doesn’t Have a Jobs Plan—Just More Attacks on Workers
David Madland explains why the proposals House Republican leaders are pushing have nothing to do with creating jobs and everything to do with attacking political opponents and helping their CEO friends.
VIDEO
Growing Up in a Post-9/11 World
Young people discuss how 9/11 shaped their views of America and the world.
South & Central Asia | September 16, 2011
Fixing the U.S.-Pakistan Alliance
Mehar Najeeb suggests ways the U.S. government can help the Pakistani government help its people and the bilateral alliance simultaneously.Middle East | September 15, 2011
Moving Middle East Peace Forward After the U.N. General Assembly
The Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations could trigger further violence in the region, says Ian Bomberg. The United States should work with Israelis and Palestinians now to head off conflict.Media | September 15, 2011
CNN: America’s Easiest 'Ref?' (Just Ask the Tea Party)
The network’s decision to co-host a Republican presidential debate with the Tea Party Express is just another in a long line of concession to conservatives, writes Eric Alterman.Energy & Environment | September 15, 2011
The Price Is Right
Cutting dangerous carbon pollution would cut the national deficit, create jobs, and save social programs, all while fighting climate change, write Susan Lyon and Jorge Madrid.Civil Rights, Liberties, and Justice | September 15, 2011
Internet Privacy: The Impact and Burden of EU Regulation
CAP Senior Fellow Peter Swire speaks before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.ALSO FROM THE CENTER
- Bush-Era Job Program Is GOP Leaders’ No. 1 Target: Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program Is Putting Americans to Work, Producing Cleaner Cars
- Green Is the New Black: It's Easy Being Green
- Top 10 Striking Findings from the Latest Data on Poverty: Millions of Americans Continue to Wrestle with Economic Hardship
- The American Jobs Act: A Bill Worthy of Its Name
- Congress Can Up Infrastructure Investment Now: This Part of President Obama’s Jobs Plan Could Draw Bipartisan Consensus
AT A GLANCE
President Obama has cut taxes more in his first term than President Bush. Read more here.
ASK THE EXPERT
Richard Caperton on the Energy Department's Loan Guarantee Program
Richard Caperton on the importance and success of the Energy Department's loan guarantee program.
PUBLICATIONS
Unequal Aid
Crosby Burns discusses the federal financial aid process for LGBT applicants and families headed by same-sex couples.
- The Need for a Political and Economic Transition Strategy in Afghanistan: John Podesta, Brian Katulis, and Caroline Wadhams outline steps U.S. policymakers can take to promote a successful handover of responsibility to the Afghan government after U.S. troops withdraw.
- Safer than Ever: Marshall Fitz argues that the changes on the ground at the border demand a change in the conversation in Washington.
- Measuring Inequity in School Funding: Diana Epstein examines the problem of intrastate fiscal inequity and surveys some of the different measures that are used to characterize a state’s level of funding equity among districts within a state.
