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WASHINGTON— The assault on the right to vote witnessed in 2011 is historic in terms of its geographic scope and ferocity, according to new testimony submitted by national policy center Demos to today’s House Judiciary Committee forum entitled “Excluded from Democracy: The Impact of Recent State

Governor Rick Perry made a very good point yesterday as he barnstormed talk shows to try to overcome his "oops" moment in Wednesday night's debate. He said: “This campaign is about ideas — not about who’s the slickest debater or whether anyone’s made a mistake or not.”

Do Republicans in Congress care about creating jobs -- which polls say is the number one issue for voters -- or about ideological purity? The ongoing debate on Capitol Hill over President Obama’s $447 billion jobs package offers a crystal clear answer to that question.

Forget the fact that Perry had a "brain freeze" last night when asked at a GOP debateto name the three government departments he wants to ax . Everyone sometimes forgets what we were going to say and one of the worst things about politics today is that people get ridiculed and attacked for being

Thank you, Chairperson Alexander and members of the Committee for providing the opportunity to present testimony this morning. I am a Senior Policy Analyst in the Economic Opportunity Program at Dēmos, a national, non-profit, non-partisan policy research and advocacy organization, established in

What the 99 percent is not: big oil companies that posted $10.3 billion in income last quarter.

What the 99 percent is not: big oil companies that posted $10.3 billion in income last quarter.

NEW YORK- While they believe that higher education is more important today than it was for their parents’ generation, most U.S. adults age 18 to 34 also view college as harder to afford than just five years ago.

NEW YORK-- On Tuesday, voters in Maine decisively voiced their support for fair and open elections. By a 3 to 2 margin, voters restored the option of Same Day Registration, rejecting the Republican-sponsored effort to make voting more difficult. Miles Rapoport, President of Demos, former Secretary