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Report: Pittsburgh Water Privatization Caused Lead Contamination, Skyrocketing Costs

"Water is — and always should be — a public good. Cutting corners and endangering the public to deliver profits for a private corporation is the height of greed and disregard for the people’s well-being."
Press release
February 9, 2022
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Enduring Lessons from the Pittsburgh & Flint Water Crises

8 Years after Flint and more recently in Pittsburgh, we’re reminded of the dangers of water privatization and why we need to keep water as a public good.
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Daniella Zessoules
Houses flooded from Hurricane Harvey in Texas

Hear Us: The Climate Crisis Demands Race-Intentional Co-Governance

Grassroots organizers in Texas offer a blueprint for cementing equity into local recovery efforts.
Blog
Daniella Zessoules
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson with the White House and US Supreme Court in the background

Judge Jackson Is The Next Supreme Court Justice America Needs

Why the Senate should confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson without delay
Blog
Taifa Smith Butler
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What to Look for in Biden’s State of the Union

Four executive and legislative actions President Biden should address in his speech
Blog
Taifa Smith Butler

Demos President: Senate Must Swiftly Confirm Jackson 

First Black Woman Nominated to Supreme Court in Historic Moment
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Taifa Smith Butler
Our water campaign action with people holding signs

Report: Pittsburgh Water Privatization Caused Lead Contamination, Skyrocketing Costs

"Water is — and always should be — a public good. Cutting corners and endangering the public to deliver profits for a private corporation is the height of greed and disregard for the people’s well-being."
Press release

Hear Us: Community Organizing Is How We Win Public Power and Justice

All of us — people of color especially — need our government to invest public dollars into our housing, our climate, our care, and our water. Community organizing is key to these efforts and to our collective safety and liberation.
Blog
Daniella Zessoules
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Demos President: Senate Failure on Voting Rights Bill Giant Step Backward for Democracy

"Despite this setback, Demos remains committed to the fight for a just, inclusive, multiracial democracy."
Press release
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We Know the Assignment: Pass Voting Rights Now 

This urgent, defining moment in America calls for The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.
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Taifa Smith Butler

Demos  President on  Senate Action to Advance Voting Rights Legislation  

"History will not remember fondly those who choose upholding Senate rules over upholding voting rights."
Press release
Taifa Smith Butler
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Dead Racists, the Filibuster, and the Debt Ceiling

A conversation about what’s standing in the way of progress towards an inclusive democracy and a just economy.
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Saving Democracy Starts at Home, Mr. President

It’s time for America to lead by example and take action to repair our broken system. There is much work to do around the world, but for this country, saving democracy must start at home.
Blog
Taifa Smith Butler

Demos President on Guilty Verdict in McMichael Trial

"As we continue to mourn Arbery’s death, we must work to expose the wrongs of this system, right them, and move toward becoming a land in which 74 days of protests isn’t the prerequisite for an arrest.”
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Taifa Smith Butler