Personal Stories

The Stories team identifies and interviews Americans nationwide whose stories demonstrate the value of progressive policies. The team works with storytellers to elevate their experiences through press interviews, op-eds, videos, and graphics, as well as events and monthly story collections. This page showcases some of that work. For more information about the Stories program, please contact Sage Warner at [email protected].


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Economic Justice

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, the medical director of a family planning center, shares the potential threats to health care access that could result from a budget proposal put forward by a group of Republicans in Congress.

Arizona Daily Star

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick

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Health Care Costs

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Infrastructure

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody

Cristian Cespedes, a union member from Las Vegas, shares how federal infrastructure investments and regulations help create jobs and drive up wages for both union and nonunion workers alike.

The Las Vegas Sun News

Cristian Cespedes

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Environmental and Climate Justice

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People

JoAnn Armenta, the CEO of an organization that provides workforce training and resources to the Navajo people, shares how the Inflation Reduction Act has helped her organization provide community members with the skills to start their own solar businesses.

The Copper Courier

JoAnn Armenta

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The Biden administration’s funds to remove lead infrastructure will go a long way toward making us feel safe in our home again.

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Framing the Stakes in the Election Article

Framing the Stakes in the Election

New research demonstrates how a simple framing can help connect the dots on the various threats the American people face.

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody Personal Story

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody

Cristian Cespedes, a union member from Las Vegas, shares how federal infrastructure investments and regulations help create jobs and drive up wages for both union and nonunion workers alike.

The Las Vegas Sun News

Cristian Cespedes

Lindsey McLendon on Public Safety in America Podcast

Lindsey McLendon on Public Safety in America

Lindsey McLendon, senior fellow for Criminal Justice Reform at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, joins the show to talk about public safety, including crime trends, drivers, and evidence-based solutions to improve accountability and justice.

Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine on ‘The Sixth’ and Remembering the Insurrection Podcast

Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine on ‘The Sixth’ and Remembering the Insurrection

Filmmakers Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine join the show to discuss their new documentary, “The Sixth,” and why stories from the January 6, 2021, attack on the nation’s capital must be told.

Earth Day Special: Trevor Higgins on Combating Climate Change Podcast

Earth Day Special: Trevor Higgins on Combating Climate Change

Trevor Higgins, senior vice president of Energy and Environment at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, joins the show to discuss climate policy wins and saving the planet.

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona Personal Story

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, the medical director of a family planning center, shares the potential threats to health care access that could result from a budget proposal put forward by a group of Republicans in Congress.

Arizona Daily Star

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick

8 Ways the Biden Administration Is Improving the Lives of Service Workers Article

8 Ways the Biden Administration Is Improving the Lives of Service Workers

The Biden administration is raising pay, building power, and improving living standards for service workers across the economy—including fast-food cooks, call center workers, teachers, home care workers, and federal employees.

the Center for American Progress

Karla Walter

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