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How stark racial disparities have long pervaded our financial services system, fueling and entrenching inequality, and why public banks are a transformative, equitable alternative.

Policy Briefs
Demos
New Economy Project
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Behind the GOP's populist facade lies a tax plan that would benefit corporations and wealthy households while cutting programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Read more to learn how their tax plan could actually impact working people.
Blog
Eliana Golding
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A depiction of a naturalization ceremony including a group of individuals waving flags
The administration’s detention and removal of immigrants without free speech, due process, and judicial authority is a crisis for immigrants and a sign that our democracy is in peril.
Blog
Angelo Ancheta
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A broken megaphone wrapped in red tape that is dotted with I Voted stickers
These proof of citizenship bills capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment and perpetuate outright lies to justify restrictive practices that will make it harder for everyone to vote.
Blog
Neda Khoshkhoo
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Tax themed monopoly board shows a rich person running away with money bags, leaving a working family at square one
Our Taxes Explained series aims to make tax policy clear and accessible. We want people to know what’s at stake and understand how Trump’s tax cuts are designed specifically to benefit the ultra-rich and corporations.
Blog
Taifa Smith Butler

Ending birthright citizenship would deprive millions of Americans of their foundational right to a representative government and would fundamentally alter and degrade the democratic equality that all citizens enjoy.

Litigation
Campaign Legal Center
Demos
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Trump’s Executive Order would likely exclude communities of color and low-income voters from the ballot and hurt all voters.
Press release/statement
Taifa Smith Butler

Dēmos joins 22 civil rights organizations in condemning President Trump’s memorandum and calling for urgent action to defend the rule of law.

Testimony and Public Comment

Tax Code Should Help Families Achieve Economic Security and Mobility

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding

U.S. Tax Code Widens the Racial Wealth Divide

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding
Daniella Zessoules