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By Rachael Eisenberg, Daniel Bodah, & Brandon Tucker

For more than a century, policing has been seen as the solution to many social problems in the United States, from traffic violations to mental health crises to disputes between neighbors. While the justification for overpolicing is that it combats crime, in reality, the practice distracts police from the job of investigating serious crime—and the human toll is unconscionably high. Despite public perceptions, law enforcement actually spends very little time affirmatively fighting crime and focuses much more on minor incidents such as traffic infractions. In fact, research finds that police make roughly 20 million stops annually, despite evidence that traffic enforcement is not an effective means of fighting crime. - CLICK STORY TO READ MORE

By Robert Benson

As NATO approaches its 75th anniversary, the Center for American Progress reflects on the enormity of its successes and the challenges the alliance faces in the years ahead.

As its 75th anniversary approaches, NATO stands as a bulwark of global peace and security. The United States must continue to support Ukraine and to strengthen NATO, not out of charity or moral obligation, but because it makes Americans safer at home. NATO is an effective deterrent, a prudent investment, and an engine of post-war peace without equal. These arguments might not be novel, but their importance cannot be overstated. Amid calls from a small but vocal minority for U.S. disengagement, a counternarrative emerges: NATO matters profoundly, and it merits the United States’ full support. ​-- CLICK STORY TO READ MORE

​By Dave Rank, Alan Yu, & Michael Clark
The U.S. relationship with China will be one of this generation’s defining foreign policy challenges. A key part of the challenge will be discussing the issues without falling back on simplistic, outdated, or inaccurate generalizations.

There are few historical parallels of great power rivals as deeply integrated as the United States and China. They have the world’s two largest economies they are the world’s largest military spenders and they both are increasingly in competition with each other. As the world’s two largest exporters, their two-way trade exceeded $750 billion in 2022, even as commercial ties frayed and (not coincidentally) the multilateral trading system came under deep stress. ​ -- CLICK STORY TO READ MORE

By CAP China Working Group on Taiwan

Washington can manage Taiwan Strait tensions—perennially one of the thorniest issues on the U.S.-China agenda—in a way that aligns to our strategic interests, through military deterrence, direct engagement with Beijing, and continued diplomatic efforts to pull third countries into the conversation. But there’s also a vibrant economic picture the United States should deepen technological and economic engagement with Taiwan, which also helps preserve its resiliency and autonomy.

Key assessments and recommendations

The ultimate goal of U.S. policy should be to help Taiwan preserve its resiliency and autonomy to maximize the prospects for a peaceful resolution of tensions.
We can manage tensions in the Taiwan Strait through a balance of military deterrence, direct engagement with Beijing, and continued diplomatic efforts to pull key third countries into the conversation on cross-Strait stability.​ ​-- CLICK STORY TO READ MORE

By Nick Wilson and Chandler Hall

The Center for American Progress, along with 47 organizations, submitted a comment letter advocating on behalf of victims to the U.S. Office for Victims of Crime on the agency’s proposal to replace the existing Victim Compensation Grant Program guidelines and clarify program requirements.​-- CLICK STORY TO READ MORE

By Karla Walter

The Biden administration has received ongoing attention for its actions to improve the lives of blue collar workers—from walking the picket line with striking autoworkers to ensuring that its signature investments in American industry create good jobs. Pundits and the press often point to actions to expand and raise standards in the construction and manufacturing sectors as central to the Biden administration’s economic agenda. Yet the administration has also taken numerous steps to boost the earnings and wealth of service sector workers, empower them to come together in unions, and hold accountable corporations that violate their rights.

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