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Looking Under the Hood: Rising Long-Term Unemployment

This installment of our Economic Indicator Series examines why long-term unemployment matters, what it reveals about the true health of the labor market, and how persistent disparities in unemployment duration deepen existing racial inequities over time.

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Daniella Zessoules
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People, Purpose, Power: Dēmos at 25

Charged with both honoring Dēmos’ legacy and looking to the future, current president Taifa Smith Butler closes the Presidents’ Series by reflecting on the present moment and what it calls us to do.

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Taifa Smith Butler
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We Have a Choice to Make

Worker power is not solely a labor issue, but one of the most urgent democracy crises of our time. 

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Taifa Smith Butler
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If You Want to Know How the Economy Is Doing, Start with Black Women

Black women are often the first to feel economic pressure and the last to recover. Their unemployment data is a clearer signal of economic health than any topline indicator.

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Daniella Zessoules
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Eviscerating Key Parts of the Voting Rights Act Is a Profound Setback for Our Multiracial Democracy and Voters of Color

"The Court has effectively stripped Black, Latino, Native American, Asian American and other voters of color of the most powerful protection against racial discrimination in redistricting."

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Taifa Smith Butler
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Reflections on Dēmos: Sabeel Rahman

From protesting outside a courthouse to shaping policy inside the White House, former Dēmos president Sabeel Rahman learned a defining lesson during his tenure: transformational change must begin with people power.

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K. Sabeel Rahman
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Reflections on Dēmos: Heather McGhee

Former Dēmos president Heather McGhee reflects on how the organization grew from a small experiment in policy advocacy into something more distinctive: a multi-issue “think and do” tank.

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Heather C. McGhee
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Reflections on Dēmos: Miles Rapoport

Former Dēmos president Miles Rapoport reflects on stepping in as the organization’s second president and carrying forward the founders’ vision.

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Miles Rapoport
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Statement on the DOJ’s Persecution of SPLC

In a sense, this is not a surprise. This administration has made it clear that it will attack, persecute, and villainize any person, organization, or group that decries its actions and tries to hold it to account.

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Taifa Smith Butler