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Proposal to Expand Funding for Low-Income Students; Increased Access to Federal Loan Program

New York, NY — Demos, a national, non-partisan, public policy and advocacy organization, in partnership with twelve national organizations representing students, colleges, consumers, and college administrators, sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday calling for increased investment in college affordability and reducing financial barriers for entry into post-secondary education.

Goal to Double the Number of Low- Income Students in the U.S. Who Earn a Postsecondary Degree by Age 26

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from "Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back" by Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly, published by the New Press, 2008.

IF THE conservative era now collapsing around us had a reigning idea, it was best expressed by Margaret Thatcher when she declared with Bourbonesque flair that “there is no such thing as society.” In their new book Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take it Back, Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly turn Thatcher’s premise on its head and with it the whole individualistic worldview that ruled our politics for the last three decades.

New York, NY — Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, a national, non-partisan public policy research and advocacy center, is pleased to announce the addition of four new members of its fellows program who are also developing new books under the Demos Books Project:

Report Shows How Crisis Will Continue to Impact Small Business, Student Borrowers, Homeowners

New York — The household economy — especially small business, homeowners and student borrowers — will continue to suffer during a sever tightening of lending credit and capital, in spite of the federal rescue plan, according to a new report by the non-partisan public policy center Demos.

Demos Legal Director Brenda Wright talks about the lack of preparation in many districts for overwhelming voter turnout on Election Day.

Sec. of State Brunner and Dept. of Job and Family Services Dir. Jones-Kelly Must Enforce NVRA Provisions for Voter Registration