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Minority President: Public Opinion and Obama

Like many progressives, I have been disappointed by President Obama for not staking out more aggressive negotiating positions and being a more forceful leader overall.

Blog
David Callahan

Demos VP Tamara Draut on Debt Ceiling Plan: Trades Spending Cuts for America's Future

With 25 million people still unable to find full-time jobs and unemployment insurance close to running out, it's shameful that Republicans in Congress waged ideological warfare over what is typically a pro forma exercise of the Congress.

Press release/statement

Pay America's Bills, Put Americans Back to Work

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

July 26, 2011

CONTACT:

Lauren Strayer, [email protected], (212) 389-1413

Anna Pycior, [email protected], (212) 389-1408

 

"Pay America's Bills, Put Americans Back to Work"

Press release/statement

New Report Details Washington State Job Crisis: Shift from Manufacturing to Service Industry Jobs Contributes to Unraveling of Middle Class

Olympia, WA— The national June jobs report showed 200,000 more people joined the unemployment lines. In Washington, unemployment is also rising--as jobs shift rapidly from manufacturing to the service sector--and state tuition/student debt is growing fast. Because of these developments, the state’s low- and middle-income families are particularly threatened.

Download "Under Attack: Washington’s Middle Class and the Job Crisis"

Press release/statement

Merrill convenes Election Performance Task Force

Demos' Steve Carbo was selected for Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill's Election Performance Task Force.  

In the media

Corporate America's Sunshine Patriots

Big business colleagues could perform a patriotic service to America by working to create more jobs.

In the media

Budget Stalemate Puts Seniors Futures at Risk

New York, NY-- Recent comments made by President Obama about the threat of budget negotiations stalling crucial social security payments have highlighted the growing pain felt by America's seniors. A new report "From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity On the Rise," from the Institute on Assets and Social Policy and national policy center Demos, underscores how seniors have too few resources and too little time to plan for a fulfilling retirement.  

Press release/statement

A Window Into Region's Housing Crisis

“The middle class is not on the same solid footing that it once was,” said Jennifer Wheary, who cowrote a study on the recession’s impact on middle-class African Americans and Latinos with Brandeis University and the New York think tank Demos.

In the media
Cynthia Barton

The Three-Digit Number that Can Wreck Your Life

“If you’re out of work for a long time, you have difficulty paying your bills,” says Amy Traub, coauthor of a June report from the think tank Demos that calls for reform of the credit reporting industry. “If potential employers are looking at credit scores, how on earth are you going to pay your bills then?”
 
What’s more, the credit bureaus themselves acknowledge there is no proof of a link between a person’s credit report and their suitability as an employee.
In the media
Steve Yoder