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Demos strongly urges the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw the proposed rule to radically enlarge the list of criteria that will be used to decide whether an immigrant is likely to become a “public charge.”

Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub
Demos strongly condemns these anti-democratic actions. They are blatant attempts to thwart the electoral system, subvert the rule of law, and entrench minority rule.
Press release/statement
K. Sabeel Rahman
Might the Trump presidency be propeling us toward a Third Reconstruction?
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
Facebook’s decision to hire a right-wing consulting firm to plant false stories about Color of Change and others who dared to call out Facebook was a nefarious smokescreen to save themselves from well-deserved criticism about the online platform and its business practices.
Press release/statement
K. Sabeel Rahman
Chiraag Bains, a former prosecutor and civil rights attorney at the U.S. Justice Department, said that because criminal codes are so complicated, prosecutors have an incredible amount of flexibility in deciding whether and how to bring a case. Prosecutors normally consider the culpability of the
In the media
Sam Levine
Instead of putting money towards changing these systems — by funding efforts to make college free across the country or by making it easier for low-income students to get access to decent public K-12 education, for example — wealthy donors tend to funnel their money into causes that keep the system
In the media
Jillian Berman
April Ryan’s question was simple, “Mr. President, what about voter suppression?”
Blog
Caleb J. Gayle
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Demos Policy Analyst Laura Williamson joins other democracy experts for a conversation on the mid-term elections and the current political landscape.
In the media

Generations of black women have learned to be solution-oriented and resourceful, often ‘making a way out of no way,’ and their political participation is part of a history of survival.

Research
Charly Carter
Carol Lautier, Ph.D.

Public-sector jobs in Massachusetts are more likely than private-sector jobs to be good jobs that provide a family-supporting income and wealth-building benefits. They need to be preserved.

Research
Algernon Austin