Think Progress

April 2009 Progress Reports

• The Reality Of Green Jobs, April 30, 2009
  

  "We have to lay a new foundation for growth," President Barack Obama told the nation yesterday, "a foundation that will strengthen our economy and help us compete in the 21st century."

• Obama's 100 Days Of Progress, April 29, 2009
  

  Obama's first 100 days in review.

• Radical Right -- 100 Days Of Opposition, April 28, 2009
  

  Instead of engaging in a substantive policy debate with the President, conservatives have spent the past three months immersed in a radical transformation, lurching further to the right.

• Justice -- Myths Of The Torture Apologists, April 27, 2009
  

  Today's Progress Report examines some of the myths about torture being promulgated by several Bush administration officials and other conservatives in recent weeks.

• Radical Right -- Obstructing Progress, April 24, 2009
  

  Congressional Republicans have done little but delay key executive branch nominees and attempt to block key legislation, all the while failing to offer any alternative ideas of their own.

• National Security -- The Tortured Past, April 23, 2009
  

  On Tuesday night, the Senate Armed Services Committee released an unclassified version of its November 2008 report, "Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody."

• Environment -- Congress's Earth Week, April 22, 2009
  

  Congress is engaging in the "mother of all climate weeks" this week, when "fifty-four witnesses will testify on climate change legislation."

• Justice -- Impeach Judge Bybee, April 21, 2009
  

  The torture techniques Judge Bybee approved are illegal by U.S. statute and an international treaty to which the U.S. is a signatory.

• Right-Wing Extremists Threaten The Nation, April 20, 2009
  

  Last week, the Department of Homeland Security released a report warning that the economic recession and the election of the first African-American president could mobilize right-wing extremists.

• National Security -- The Torture Memos, April 17, 2009
  

  The Obama administration has released four Bush-era legal memos that provide legal justifications for the CIA to torture al-Qaeda detainees.

• Taxes -- Getting What We Pay For, April 16, 2009
  

  An honest discussion of fiscal policy begins with an understanding of not only who is paying the taxes, but also where the revenues go.

• Tea Baggers Against Obama, April 15, 2009
  
• National Security -- Obama Passes Pirate Test, April 14, 2009
  

  After having cued up their outrage for Obama's expected failure, conservatives have generally been silent in the face of his actual success.

• Bush Legacy -- Gone But Not Forgotten, April 13, 2009
  Bushies still trying to burnish their boss's legacy.
• Iraq -- Confronting Iraq, April 10, 2009
  Despite sectarian tensions, withdrawals from Iraq must continue.
• International Relations -- Real Results Abroad, April 9, 2009
  

  A recap of President Obama's trip abroad.

• Civil Rights -- The Rising Tide For Marriage Equality, April 8, 2009
  D.C., Vermont, and Iowa take steps to recognize marriage equality.
• National Security -- Gates Reins In Bloated Defense Budget, April 7, 2009
  Defense Sec. Gates charts a new kind of defense budget.
• National Security -- The End Of The Nuclear Age?, April 6, 2009
  

  Obama proposes eliminating all nuclear weapons.

• Health Care -- The Case For A Public Health Care Plan, April 3, 2009
  

  A public plan would lower cost, improve quality, and could compete fairly with the private sector.

• Energy -- The American Clean Energy And Security Act, April 2, 2009
  Reps. Ed Markey and Henry Waxman introduce new energy and climate legislation.
• National Security -- The New Af-Pak Strategy, April 1, 2009
  President Obama's innovative plan for the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.