Data for Progress has compiled a set of polling, policy, and data visualization resources to inform activists, corporate employees, and policymakers of the many tools available to them in our collective fight to protect the LGBTQ+ community from bigotry.
Read MoreVoters trust in Democrats increases when they hear about efforts to continue the Child Tax Credit into 2022.
Read MoreRead the full report from the Feminist Green New Deal on dataforprogress.org.
Read MoreAs the U.S. starts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, several cities are launching initiatives to address the economic and financial inequalities that the pandemic made glaringly visible.
Read MoreA guide to the key pillars of the American Jobs Plan and how they compare with other progressive proposals.
Read MoreThis spring, lawmakers introduced the THRIVE Act, an economic recovery bill to create 15 million new good-paying jobs while advancing gender, environmental, Indigenous, economic, and racial justice.
Read MoreLast year, New York’s state budget was a widely criticized failure.
Read MoreMore and more in America, young adults rely on their parents and other relatives for housing and financial support well into their 20s.
Read MoreData for Progress polled 1,116 likely voters nationally to measure attitudes toward the creation of public options for broadband, child care, and housing, and government-directed investments in infrastructure.
Read MoreCongress has the ability to provide comprehensive aid to households in the next stimulus package.
Read MoreAmidst the larger debate about funding for law enforcement, Data for Progress and The Justice Collaborative conducted a national survey to examine attitudes toward police presence in schools.
Read MoreExtreme sentences have contributed to the United States being the number one incarcerator in the world
Read MorePortfolio Description: The Department of State is perhaps the most visible and prestigious of any cabinet departments. The department presides over a wide array of tasks relating to the United States’s external affairs, including representing America abroad and advising the President on matters of foreign policy.
Read MoreWhile office workers are figuring out Zoom calls and creating improvised desks, essential workers, defined as those performing work that may involve the safety of human life or the protection of property, are continuing to show up at their workplaces in order to keep grocery stores, hospitals, and other important services running.
Read MoreDemocrats in Congress are now arguing additional measures need to be taken. Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, described in an interview “a list of Democratic priorities, including increased protections and equipment for workers on the front lines of the coronavirus, expanded paid leave, a major new infrastructure investment and additional funds for state and local governments” she’d like to see tackled in additional legislation.
Read MoreThe United States is now facing two interconnected crises. The first is the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The outbreak is spreading rapidly. The second crisis is economic. As businesses shutter, the ranks of the unemployed are swelling. The stock market has tumbled precipitously, and GDP is projected to contract sharply. President Trump and the Republicans in Congress have done little to combat either crisis.
Read MoreThe Covid-19 virus is posing enormous challenges to the United States and world at large. We are suffering both an acute public-health emergency and a staggering blow to the economy. In order to save lives, protect working families, and boost our economy in sustainable and healthy ways, we need to take actions that are swift, bold, and well beyond what Congress has thus far been willing to approve.
Read MoreWe find popular support among likely voters for a package of proposals that will mitigate the effects of coronavirus, including free access to testing and vaccines, access to comprehensive care without premiums, copays, deductibles, or other costs, and paid sick and family leave.
Read MoreChildcare-for-all is a critical part of a progressive platform that is committed to gender, racial, and economic equity. Americans deserve a progressive policy solution that provides higher quality childcare options in every community.
Read MoreNearly two-thirds of Americans, including a majority on both sides of the aisle, want the federal government to ensure that school lunches are fresh, healthy, prepared onsite, and locally grown. This polling indicates strong support for overhauling meal programs in America’s schools, which would create structural change in the country’s food economy and lead to a number of benefits for schoolchildren, farmers, and workers.
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