Menu
Image of a hand lowering a voter registration sheet into an orange box with stacks of voter registration papers on both sides

Threats to Ballot Access: New Report Examines Risks of Wrongful Voter Removals Across the Country

Dēmos examines ballot access issues, voter suppression in AZ, GA, OH, CA, IN, WI, MI, NC, TX, LA 

Press release/statement
August 10, 2023

We are changing the conversation around our democracy and economy by telling influential new stories about our country and its people. Get our latest blog and media updates here. For more in-depth explorations and analyses, visit our Resources page.

Featured
Ground level view of the Wall Street Stock Exchange

Unfinished Business: Revisiting Dodd-Frank and the Path to Economic Progress

On the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, we reflect on recent banking failures and the inequities inherent in our current financial system. 

Blog
Daniella Zessoules
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

A Supreme Court Power Grab: Attacking Federal Agencies to Advance an Extremist Agenda

Why the Court's decision to limit the EPA's power to regulate water access is yet another case of eroding the power of the other branches of government at the expense of Black and brown people.

Blog
Ashley Tjhung
supreme court

Supreme Court's Rejection of Affirmative Action Widens the Divide: Dēmos Calls for Renewed Efforts to Combat Systemic Racism

“The 14th Amendment is supposed to be a shield against racism, and now it’s being used as a sword.” 

Press release/statement
Taifa Smith Butler

12 years after starting college, white men have paid off 44% of their student loans, while black women owe 13% more

"The ability to pay off your loans has everything to do with wages and the ability to gain secure employment, it has everything to do with housing affordability, it has everything to do with child-care costs."
In the media
Jillian Berman
College grad

NEW REPORT FROM DEMOS: Debt to Society: The Case for Bold, Equitable Student Loan Cancellation and Reform

"Every qualified student—regardless of their color, gender, or financial situation—should be able to pursue their educational dreams."
Press release/statement

New survey of 30,000 black voters finds that black communities feel ignored by Democrats

”For far too long, Black voters in this country have been marginalized, misrepresented, and taken for granted in electoral politics."
In the media
P.R. Lockhart

New Survey Says: Politicians Don’t Care About Black People

Tired of politicians talking at, about, but never to, black people, a bevy of organizations joined to conduct the largest survey of black people in the United States since Reconstruction, entitled More Black than Blue: Politics + Power in the 2019 Black Census.
In the media
Angela Helm

2020 Democrats jockey over surging college costs

A debt-free plan “changes the target."
In the media
Chris Mills Rodrigo

The Student Debt Crisis Beyond Morehouse

"State governments have disinvested from public colleges and universities for a few decades now, and we need to reverse those trends."
In the media
James Wellemeyer

More low-income students are attending college, but they’re still playing catch-up on their wealthier peers

“Your income or your family’s wealth is extremely predictive of whether you’re going to go college at all and certainly what program you’re going to do."
In the media
Jillian Berman

Billionaire's $40M gift to Morehouse grads points way to student debt solution

With the country’s total student loan debt amounting to about $1.5 trillion, borrowers lose an average of $208,000 in lifetime wealth accumulation that could have come from retirement savings, investments or home purchases, according to studies from Washington, D.C.-based think tank Demos.
In the media
Antonio White

Why Robert F. Smith’s pledge to pay off Morehouse loans is a turning point for colleges and the billionaires that support them

“If you compare this to some of the other gifts given in higher education, it’s incredibly stark, and I would hope points us to a smarter, better model of philanthropy where people’s lives are genuinely being transformed.”
In the media
Nicole Lyn Pesce

Elizabeth Warren Takes a Different Strategy to Court the Black Vote

“Public policy created the racial economic gap and only public policy can solve it.”
In the media
Adam Harris