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White College Graduates Are Doing Great With Their Parents' Money

The two researchers focused specifically on inheritances among families where at least one parent has a college degree. They looked at families like this in order to test the notion that higher education is some great equalizer. [...]
July 19, 2018 |
The Atlantic
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Higher Education 
10 Questions Judge Kavanaugh Should Answer

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Chiraag Bains, Director of Legal Strategies for Demos

“Do you believe that the Constitution requires that we allow corporations and wealthy individuals the unfettered ability to translate their economic might into political power through campaign contributions and expenditures—even if it drowns out the voices of working-class Americans and erects barriers to candidates of color who lack access to big money and the mostly white donor class?”
July 11, 2018 |
The Nation
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Campaign Finance Reform 
Something Is Wrong When a Quiz Show Is Your Best Shot at Paying Off Student Debt

Considering who “deserves” an affordable education obscures an important truth: higher education serves of all us. According to a report by the left-leaning think tank Demos earlier this year, “There is a persistent link between public spending on colleges and higher tax revenue, lower public assistance spending, greater health outcomes, and lower crime rates.” [...]
July 9, 2018 |
Vice
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Higher Education 
New ‘Family Feud’-style game show wants to pay off your student loans

Torpey’s show, “Paid Off,” which premieres July 10 on TruTV, is just the latest evidence that student debt is now “part of the popular zeitgeist,” said Mark Huelsman, a senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank. “This is a problem that a lot of people can relate to,” he said.
July 3, 2018 |
Market Watch
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Higher Education 
Study: Student Loans Weigh the Heaviest on Black and Hispanic Students

But according to our in-depth analysis of data from Demos and NCES, black and Hispanic students are paying more when it comes to student loans than white students.
July 2, 2018 |
Student Loan Hero
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Higher Education 
Voter Integrity' Vigilantes on a Purging Mission

“It’s not just a disorganized group of citizens spontaneously challenging voters at the polls,” Chiraag Bains, director of legal strategies at Demos told WhoWhatWhy. “It’s a coordinated campaign by groups like True the Vote that are well funded to try and reduce voting, often for partisan advantage.” [...]
June 27, 2018 |
Who.What.Why.
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Voting Rights & Voter Registration 
The Right's Campaign to Expand Voter Purges

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to uphold Ohio’s controversial voter purge law spotlights the growing clout of right-wing “election integrity” groups that have aggressively bullied and sued states and jurisdictions into kicking thousands of voters off their rolls. [...]
June 15, 2018 |
The American Prospect
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Voting Rights & Voter Registration 
EXCLUSIVE: New Demos report investigates why Donald Trump is so horribly bad for Black people

[T]he public policy organization fights for racial equity, an expanded middle class and shaving the amount of money used in politics. Demos has just released a landmark report exclusively to theGrio explaining its studied view of why the Trump administration is bad for Black people and they have receipts.
June 15, 2018 |
The Grio
10 Father's Day Books for Every Man on Your List

For the Political Dad: Sleeping Giant: The Untapped Economic and Political Power of America's New Working Class by Tamara Draut

If your dad is tired of hearing about “elites,” get him a copy of Sleeping Giant. With economic inequality increasingly recognized as one of the definitive issues of our lifetime, Draut examines the new working class and its promising future as a change-making voting block. It’s the dose of hope your dad might need.
June 14, 2018 |
Esquire
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Economy & Opportunity 
U.S. Top Court Backs Ohio Voter Purge; Democrats Blast Ruling

The challengers, represented by liberal advocacy group Demos and the American Civil Liberties Union, sued Husted in 2016 to end the policy. One of the lead plaintiffs was U.S. Navy veteran Larry Harmon, who was blocked from voting in a 2015 marijuana-legalization initiative.

“If states take today’s decision as a sign that they can be even more reckless and kick eligible voters off the rolls, we will fight back in the courts, the legislatures and with our community partners across the country,” Demos attorney Stuart Naifeh said.
June 11, 2018 |
Reuters
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Voting Rights & Voter Registration