Center for Progressive Reform

CPR Experts on the Nation's Opinion Pages

Sokol on Anti-Protest Laws Protecting Big Oil; Mintz on Trump's COVID-19 Response; Buzbee on DACA Decision's Implications for Regulation

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Toxic Floodwaters

Public Health Risks and Vulnerability to Chemical Spills Triggered by Extreme Weather

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COVID-19 Policy Lessons

CPR Member Scholars on Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead

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Protecting Workers in a Pandemic

What the Federal Government Should Be Doing

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Who We Are

CPR is a network of more than 60 acclaimed scholars from across the United States who work with a professional staff of policy analysts and communications experts to advocate for robust protections for health, safety, and the environment.

Regulatory Policy

Opponents of sensible safeguards for health, safety, and the environment are working to undermine the regulatory system. CPR fights back. Learn more.

Consumer Protection

Strong standards and vigorous enforcement are critical to keeping our food, cars, drugs, and consumer products safe. Learn about CPR's work.

Workers' Rights

Workers have the right to a safe and healthful workplace and a fair wage. Strong laws and vigorous enforcement are essential. Learn about our work.

Environment & Energy

The planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges: climate change, air and water pollution, toxic wastes and more. Learn about CPR's work.

Toxic Floodwaters

James River watershed at risk.

Toxic chemicals in the way of likely floodwaters are a climate-driven disaster waiting to happen. Read CPR's report.

Deregulation on Demand

Corporate capture of the EPA.

We studied the official record and found that in gutting the Clean Power Plan, EPA pandered to industry, giving it almost everything it requested.

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'Connect the Dots' podcast

The latest episode of Rob Verchick's podcast asks why we treat "essential" workers as "expendable," with Tom McGarity and Michael Duff.

CPR Webinars

Sustainable agriculture, climate change, clean water, more

Check out CPR's recent webinars, featuring leading experts on a range of topics.

Coronavirus Op-Eds

Policy choices arising from pandemic

On Trump efforts to use the pandemic as a rationale for backing off environmental enforcement to prison paroles, CPR Member Scholars weigh in.

Carbon Pricing

Essential but insufficient

CPR's Alice Kaswan argues that carbon pricing is necessary, but both practically and politically insufficient for achieving a clean energy transition.

Chemical Detox at Work

Securing a nontoxic work environment.

50,000 lives are cut short each year in the United States by occupational diseases. CPR's new manual helps workers protect themselves when employers don't.

Regulation as Social Justice

A crowdsourced blueprint for building a progressive regulatory system

Read James Goodwin's white paper on how we can build a regulatory system that works for everyone, including the most vulnerable.

Workers' Rights

Bringing scofflaw employers to justice.

CPR's one-of-a-kind database tracks prosecutions of employers who imperil workers by ignoring safety standards.

In Focus

Connect the Dots!

Listen to the latest episode of Rob Verchick's 'Connect the Dots' Podcast, exploring innovative policy solutions to some of the most challenging problems confronting the nation and the world.

CPR reports and white papers

From regulatory policy to climate change, cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay to protecting workers' rights, protecting the environment to preserving citizens' access to the courts ... check out all reports and white papers.

CPR Op-Eds

CPR Member Scholars and staff are regular contributors to the nation's op-ed pages. Read the latest.