Closing the campaign finance loopholes that let federal contractors bankroll politicians is a necessary first step toward a government accountable to people rather than profits.
A policy agenda for building a just, inclusive multiracial democracy and economy where everyone has the power to shape the rules that govern their lives.
Public goods exist because we invest in them together, and when they are implemented properly, they expand freedom, dignity, and opportunity for all of us. That is how paying taxes becomes an act of care for our community.
In her latest piece, Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler imagines what it will take for us to build forward, guided by the principles that Dr. King described as the “beloved community.”
In his reflections on Dēmos’ and NPQ’s Third Reconstruction series, Aron Goldman uplifts the call to look beyond the crises of today and envision a new path toward our collective liberation.
At a time of racial justice backlash, a call for a full-throated multiracial democracy may seem audacious—it’s also a necessary movement to preserve US democracy at all.
