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We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality

In a new video with MoveOn, Demos President Heather McGhee and Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow Ian Haney Lopéz show how the single most important solution to economic inequality isn’t an economic policy, it’s tackling racism.

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Economic and Political Power: Making the Cycle Virtuous, Not Vicious

For too long, the wealthy and powerful have used the cycle of economic and political power to enrich themselves and entrench their control. In this piece, Dēmos president Taifa Smith Butler envisions a more virtuous cycle of power.

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Taifa Smith Butler
Economic Indicators #2: Immigrants and US-Born Workers

Workers are Losing Out, But It's Not Because of Immigrants

Structural imbalances—not immigrants—are what keeps working people from seeing their fair share of economic gains.

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Daniella Zessoules
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Trump’s Politicization of BLS Marks an Attack on Our Economy and Democracy

Trump’s attack on the Bureau of Labor Statistics and, more broadly, on facts, marks another step closer to authoritarianism.

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Taifa Smith Butler