The Center for Policy Alternatives accurately describes itself as:

…the nation’s only nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to strengthen the capacity of state legislators to lead and achieve progressive change.

The CPA website has a number of extremely useful elements on it. For example, the State Action Blog contains a running commentary about recent progressive legislation enacted at the state level throughout the nation. The Progressive Values section of the website contains various discussions attempting to define the concept and outline a concrete list of “progressive values.” The State of the States section offers a state by state description of public policy issues and background information on a wide range of policy issue. See Alaska’s page to find out more information about our “economic Development Report Card,” or “Children and Child Wellbeing,” for example.

Finally, note that the seventh annual edition of CPA’s progressive agenda is hot off the printing press, and is now available. The Progressive Agenda for the States 2007: Values & Vision for America features 50 of the most innovative policy solutions being debated and enacted in the states. A wide range of domestic issues—including Identity Theft, Global Warming, Fair Share Health Care, Sudan Divestment, and Predatory Mortgage Lending—are covered. To order your copy today, contact Rachel Balick at rbalick@cfpa.org or 202-956-5132.

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