The Demos Publications Library holds numerous written documents, either authored by Demos staff, commissioned by Demos or otherwise pertaining to our work. To find issue-specific documents, visit the Issue Area pages listed on the left, or use our Search tool. To request hard copies of any publication, email publications@demos-usa.org.

Reports & Briefing Papers

The Economic State of Young America
May 6, 2008

How Same Day Registration Became Law in North Carolina
May 1, 2008

Commentary

Voter Story in Pennsylvania
Personal Democracy Forum
April 22, 2008

Good Jobs for Americans Who Help Americans
The American Prospect
April 21, 2008

Democracy Dispatches

Democracy Dispatches #92
A regular Demos publication that tracks and analyzes democracy issues.
May 2, 2008

Democracy Dispatches #91
A regular Demos publication that tracks and analyzes democracy issues.
April 10, 2008

Toolkits

Tools for Democracy: Felon Re-enfranchisement
Restoring Voting Rights to Citizens with Felony Convictions
September 1, 2006
Briefing paper explaining the benefits of restoring voting rights to citizens with felony convictions.

Tools for Democracy: Election Day Registration
In the 2000 and 2004 elections, EDR states had significantly higher voter participation rates than the national average.
September 1, 2006
A four-page toolkit of facts, analysis and persuasive reasons that all states should adopt Election Day Registration.

Testimony & Speeches

NVRA Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Elections
March 31, 2008

Stuart Comstock-Gay's EDR Testimony Before the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
February 28, 2008

Books

Up to Our Eyeballs:
How Shady Lenders and Failed Economic Policies are Drowning Americans in Debt
March 11, 2008
Up to Our Eyeballs is a lively and timely exploration of the causes and consequences of the explosive rise in consumer debt, and of the fast-spreading financial and economic crisis. Woven together with insightful analysis and a menageries of personal accounts, Up to Our Eyeballs offers both a recipe of and prescription for the economic malaise facing today's average families.

Making Waves and Riding the Tides
Activism and the Practice of Wisdom
January 8, 2008

Around the Kitchen Table

Around the Kitchen Table - Issue 15
Complete Issue - Printable Version
April 10, 2006
International kitchen table concerns

Around the Kitchen Table - Issue 14
Complete Issue - Printable Version
February 8, 2006
The kitchen table concerns of Rural Americans