Our progress updates bring you the news filtered through a results-focused lens. We ask: Has the event, action, or utterance made any progress toward resolving any of the problems that we focus on here? Does it support a community’s ability to thrive and reflect the democratic culture we aspire to? Our reports demonstrate progress towards a solution – and sometimes, unfortunately, a regression from possible resolution.
Energy for a Warming World?
Amid the often confusing debate around climate change and the pros and cons of our energy options, three recent reports from climate- and energy-focused news media look at how rising temperatures impact clean energy sources — an important factor in choosing a way forward.
Record High National Debt Prompts CRFB To Outline Emergency Plan
While our elected representatives continue to play at power politics, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has outlined a plan to rescue the country should it face an economic shock while fiscally weakened by a record high national debt.
Justice Is Winning In Court
As Trump continues to perform for the cameras, the federal courts have been diligently handing down defeats of the president's agenda, often beyond the media spotlight. Their work is reinforcing the foundations that our country is built on.
Midterms are Now the Eye of the Storm
After a year in which they were overwhelmed by the Trump regime's flood-the-zone strategy, the news media and the public are recognizing that protecting the integrity of the midterm elections is the critical battle to be fought this year.
The Spirit of ‘26
Americans are faced with a stark choice: Bow to the inevitability of long-term authoritarian control of the country, even as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, or find the same strength of spirit in ourselves that led those 18th-century revolutionaries to resist an increasingly oppressive government.
Improved Climate Forecast: Time to Shift Priorities?
In a recent essay published in advance of COP30, philanthropist and investor Bill Gates cited global progress in reducing projected emissions of greenhouse gases and pressed for greater investment in climate adaptation strategies.
Hydrogen Power in OH, Immigrant Protection in CO, Tariffs on Data Centers in MI
Beyond the election spotlight, Americans continue to press for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect their immigrant neighbors, and make businesses and not consumers bear the cost of new infrastructure investments to support their growth.
Democracy Shines on No Kings Day
Almost seven million Americans marched, rallied, and sang patriotic songs on No Kings Day to protest the Trump regime’s grasp for power, demonstrating that democracy’s flame still burns bright in the United States.
Attacks on Immigrants Don’t Fix Immigration, Make Way for Autocracy Instead
Rather than fixing the many cracks in the immigration system, as Republicans and Democrats tried to do for years, our current government is instead attacking immigrants, seizing them in very public displays designed to instill fear, demonstrating no regard for individual rights and personal dignity.
Fair Elections at Risk
Republicans in Washington, DC and state capitals are issuing orders and passing legislation that attacks the right to vote and undermines election integrity.
The Struggle for America: Citizen-led Government
Americans are demonstrating their resistance to one-man, single-party rule and expressing their continued commitment to democracy and the knowledge and solutions needed for it to thrive.
Confronting the Single Biggest Obstacle to Progress
It’s hard to make progress fixing our systemic problems when the government is organized to not just block progress on such matters as climate change and access to healthcare but to undermine and traumatize the very people responsible for addressing them.
