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Who Really Benefits From Affirmative Action

"These data all suggest that, rather than seeing racism as a persistent problem still in need of remedy, many young white people—including those who identify as Democrats—are inclined to believe America is a colorblind society and that little remains to be done to remedy past racial injustices," researchers Sean McElwee and Jesse Rhodes wrote.
August 2, 2017 |
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“All Rise!”, Episode 13: Heather McGhee

The Harvard Law Record’s podcast — All Rise! — has just released its thirteenth episode: an interview with Demos President Heather McGhee.
July 31, 2017 |
The Harvard Law Record
VP of Policy and Research @ Demos hosting Q&A in the Hive, Thurs. @ 4pm

As Vice President of Policy and Research at Demos, Tamara Draut is responsible for developing and advancing the organization’s goals through research, idea generation and policy development. A member of the Demos team since 2001, Tamara developed the organization’s groundbreaking work on household indebtedness, college affordability and the economic challenges facing young people.
July 31, 2017 |
Talking Points Memo
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The Middle Class 
For First Time, Millennials And Gen-X Were A Majority Of Electorate In 2016

That kind of polarization may only intensify in coming years. In a blog post today at Demos, a left-leaning think tank, Sean McElwee points out that young Democratic primary voters and donors are both more liberal than other democrats their age and more liberal than older primary voters and donors. All of that means that the Democratic party will soon be pulled further left, McElwee predicts. [...]
July 31, 2017 |
NPR
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Civic Engagement 
Democracy & Elections 
Losing the White Working Class, Too

But Huelsman said that the solution to these challenges cannot be for Democrats to stop campaigning for free public higher education. “We need a better way to talk about this,” he said, and it needs to focus on the working class, including training, and not be “a middle-class giveaway.” He added, “I’m simultaneously scared that we’ll overcorrect and say postsecondary isn’t important (spoiler: it’s really important!)”
July 31, 2017 |
Inside Higher Ed
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Higher Education 
Democrats please progressives with left-leaning policy agenda

“For a long time the Democratic Party has been pretty timid about the role of government,” said Tamara Draut, a vice president of policy and research at the liberal think tank Demos. “It’s a good thing to see them leaning in to it.” [...]

Progressives singled out the plans to take on corporate power as the most significant part of the Democrats’ new agenda, a proposal they doubt the party would have embraced even recently.
July 24, 2017 |
McClatchy DC
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Economy & Opportunity 
Progressives Actually Like Democrats’ New Message

Prominent liberals, who have been nudging the party in this direction for years, mostly welcomed the rebranding effort.
July 24, 2017 |
The Huffington Post
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Economy & Opportunity 
The wilderness: Testing Dem messages

Demos (pronounced with long "e") — a public-policy group trying to shape a Democratic agenda on working-class issues like household indebtedness, college affordability and economic challenges facing young people — tested economic messages with an online survey of 1,536 registered voters in June.
July 14, 2017 |
Axios
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Government & the Public Sector 
Voting Rights & Voter Registration 
Another consequence of rising college costs: Declining homeownership

“We think of education funding, particularly at the state level, as a spending issue, but it’s myopic,” said Mark Huelsman, a senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank. “There are all kinds of second order effects to investing in education — homeownership or wealth building is certainly one of them. If you don’t spend the money on students now and that means that they’re less likely to go to college or they’re more likely to take on debt, that is going to impact their future economic activity.” [...]
July 13, 2017 |
Market Watch
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Higher Education