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We oppose these rule changes as they will have far-reaching and painful impacts on the communities of color we serve and represent and we call on the Administration to reconsider its position on the rule changes and demand Congress take immediate action.
Press release/statement
"Income is actually a somewhat imperfect way to judge whether or not a family is financially secure. The typical black family making $100,000 has a lot less wealth than the typical white family making $100,000."
In the media
Danielle Kurtzleben

An Analytical Framework

Research
Hollie Russon Gilman
K. Sabeel Rahman
"The percent of low-income students borrowing for a bachelor’s degree is unconscionably high, particularly if you consider their debt loads as a percent of their family income and wealth. Even if low-income students and high-income students were borrowing the exact same amount for college, that debt
In the media
Rick Seltzer
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This Giving Tuesday, we encourage you to give whatever you can to support our critical work to win the next 20 years.
Blog
K. Sabeel Rahman
Demos’s report details how historical and structural racism contributes to higher interest rates and insurance costs for Black and Latinx people, compared to white Americans.
In the media
Faiza Amin

This report elevates the voices of affected communities across the country and provides important insights on the quest to vote.

Research
Gilda Daniels
Tyson D. King-Meadows
Loren M. Henderson
Legal Case Forces Missouri to Widen Access to Online and In-person Voter Registration
Press release/statement
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Some presidential candidates' critiques promote unhelpful assumptions about who tuition-free and debt-free college would actually serve. (Spoiler: it's not millionaires and billionaires.)
Blog
Mark Huelsman

The Public Interest Law Foundation has made such misleading and irresponsible claims before, and, when tested, they have uniformly proven to be unreliable and misleading.

Litigation
Stuart Naifeh