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WEB3 days ago · The Project 2025 agenda would cause Medicare beneficiaries to lose no-cost access to lifesaving vaccines, increasing their health care costs and jeopardizing their health—particularly for older ...
Social Movements and Progressivism - Center for American Progress
WEBApr 14, 2010 · Progressivism was built on a vibrant grassroots foundation, from the Social Gospel and labor movements to women’s suffrage and civil rights to environmentalism, antiwar activism, and gay rights ...
The State of the LGBTQ Community in 2020 - Center for American …
WEBOct 6, 2020 · InProgress. Stay informed on the most pressing issues of our time. The survey included interviews with 1,528 self-identified LGBTQ adults ages 18 or older, recruited and administered through NORC ...
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 ...
The Equal Rights Amendment: What You Need To Know
WEBJan 29, 2020 · The modern-day push for the ERA. Boosted by activism of women’s rights and civil rights advocates, Congress passed the ERA in 1973 and initially gave states until 1979 to ratify it by a three ...
The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color and …
WEBMar 13, 2012 · For a more recent version of this information, see “8 Facts You Should Know About the Criminal Justice System and People of Color” by Jamal Hagler. This month the United States celebrates the ...
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 ...
Women of Color and the Wage Gap - Center for American Progress
WEBNov 17, 2021 · Both factors contribute to the wage gap because they translate to women of color earning lower hourly wages than full-time workers and men. Women of color are slightly less likely than white women ...
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 ...
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 ...