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Yes, Student Debt Cancellation Would be a Big Deal

An executive action for student debt cancellation would provide much needed economic relief to millions of Black and Latinx families in order to avoid financial catastrophe during the continuing global pandemic.
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November 19, 2020
Mark Huelsman
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Two Students in College Graduation Cap and Gown with Dollar Signs on the Cap

Yes, Student Debt Cancellation Would be a Big Deal

An executive action for student debt cancellation would provide much needed economic relief to millions of Black and Latinx families in order to avoid financial catastrophe during the continuing global pandemic.
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Mark Huelsman
Black Family Around the Table Paying Bills

How Biden’s Plan for a Public Credit Registry Will Build Economic Power for Black and Brown Communities

Credit reports and scores control access to public goods people need. Yet, in the midst of a global pandemic and economic collapse, remaking the nation’s credit reporting system is not the top concern. 
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Amy Traub
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Statement From Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman

For what feels like the first time in years, we can pause for the briefest of moments and breathe.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

From Uprising to Reconstruction

On the superhighway to freedom, while we might be moving in different lanes and at different speeds, let’s ensure we’re all headed in the right direction to emancipation and justice.
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
Dorian T. Warren

Black lives matter in Washington. Does the Senate agree?

It's time for Black lives in DC to matter. Let's end centuries of silencing Black voices.
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
Hakeem Jeffries

Will the Democratic Party’s Climate Platform Address Injustice?

"The nature of environmental problems is bound up in the history of race in America."
In the media

Dismantle Racial Capitalism

The COVID-19 crisis has cast into stark relief what has always been true: the wealth and prosperity of the U.S. economy rests on the labor, and the lives, of black and brown communities.
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
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Listen to Black Communities: Divest from Police and Invest in Public Needs

Rather than cutting funds for public needs while allowing police budgets to swell, cities, states, and the federal government must shift funding to the real priorities of communities.
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Amy Traub
The capital with protest imagery and the black lives matter street

To Form a More Perfect Union: DC Statehood

D.C. statehood is a critical racial justice and democracy issue. To move us closer to an inclusive, multiracial democracy, the House must pass, and the Senate immediately take up and pass, H.R. 51.
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Joshua Harmon
Laura Williamson
Three Black graduates standing side by side in front of a negatively trending graph line

Five Ways Higher Education Can Stop Failing Black People

It is time for colleges, states, and the federal government to prove their commitment to Black students with policy action—not just well-meaning statements and gestures.
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Mark Huelsman
Three empty voting booths outside

We Can Still Save Our Democracy Before November

Many state officials are stubbornly clinging to outdated, unsafe election procedures. For the health of our communities and our democracy, they should commit themselves to the three pillars of our voting rights agenda.
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Chiraag Bains

Millions of people of color have NO access to affordable health care or quality education — 2 million Americans lack running water

12 years after entering college, white men have paid off 44% of their student-loan balance on average, according to an analysis released last year by Demos, a left-leaning think tank.
In the media
Quentin Fottrell

As Nov. Nears, Attys Fight To Ensure Jailed Voters Get Ballots

"We're always available if they want to talk through how to adjust or amend some of those recommendations to fit the needs of their particular state."
In the media
Anne Cullen