The current economic system has concentrated power in the hands of the few and created record inequality for Black and brown communities. A new paradigm must be created. The private child care market ...

Private prison corporations lobbied for ICE's expansion and are now profiting from it. Closing campaign finance loopholes is ...

For 25 years, Demos has worked to build political, economic, and racial equity, advance a multiracial progressive movement, and realize the promise of America. The right to vote must be protected. Big ...

Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...

Americans of all political backgrounds agree: there is way too much corporate money in politics. Nine in 10 Americans (89%) agree with that statement, and 51 percent strongly agree. More than 80 ...

The freedom to vote is America’s most important political right outside of the original Bill of Rights, and it is also the most hard-won right. In the early years of our republic, only white ...

Erosion of Chevron deference would be a massive win for corporations and the conservative legal movement, at the expense of the public interest. Federal agencies would have less power to enact ...

Campaign finance laws protect our democracy from corruption and preserve the integrity of our elections. These rules governing the use of money in politics were in a sorry state before Citizens United ...

How past racial injustices are carried forward as wealth handed down across generations and reinforced by “color-blind” practices and policies Issues of racial inequity are increasingly at the ...

Nearly four out of every ten non-English language speakers are classified as limited English proficient (LEP),1 which is equal to roughly 26 million people, or 7.6% of the U.S. population. The rates ...

We're celebrating 25 years of work to advance a bold vision for a just and inclusive democracy and economy that reflects a growing and diversifying nation. Read Taifa Smith Butler's reflection on ...

Dēmos and New Economy Project explore how public banking can expand opportunities for communities of color to build shared generational and community wealth. For decades, the racial wealth gap has ...