May 26th, 2009 · Actress, playwright and performer Anna Deaveare Smith talks about her new work, centering on health care, and her new position as artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. She says she will use that perch for her next work about change in Washington.
May 20th, 2009 · Ken Gude, a national security analyst with the Center for American Progress, outlines issues facing the Obama administration as it struggles to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
Sep 30th, 2008 · On Thursday, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin will participate in the only vice presidential debate. Jennifer Palmieri, senior vice president of communications for the Center for American Progress, and Republican media strategist Stuart Stevens discuss the candidates' preparation.
Aug 21st, 2008 · In his new book, the head of the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff for President Clinton says the U.S. needs to create community activists, reform immigration law and form a stronger government; that will lead to a more fair society, he says.
Feb 2nd, 2008 · Matt Miller has a radical but simple proposal to improve the nation's public schools: federalize funding to eliminate disparities in per-pupil funding between poor and affluent communities. He also proposes a single set of federal standards for math, science and reading, instead of letting each state set its own standards. Scott Simon speaks with Miller, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Nov 8th, 2007 · On Tuesday, Democrats took control of the state Senate in Virginia. What was once solid Republican territory is shifting Democratic in recent years. Some analysts point to voters living in outer suburbs, or exurbs, to explain the changing political landscape. Ruy Texeira of the Center for American Progress, and David Winston of the Winston Group talk with Robert Siegel about what matters to exurban voters, from taxes to immigration.
Aug 21st, 2007 · A new survey of foreign policy experts finds little support for President Bush's policy in Iraq -- and a belief that the United States is not winning the war on terror. Foreign Policy magazine and the Center for American Progress polled more than 100 members of the foreign policy establishment for the study, drawing on both Republicans and Democrats.
Nov 8th, 2006 · Renee Montagne talks to John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, about the Democrats' election gains.