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The current go-it-alone economic system has created record inequality and stalled mobility for the next generation. A new paradigm must be created.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

COVID-19 and the Crisis of Racial Capitalism

This pandemic is revealing the deeper inequities for Black and brown people that have always been present in our economy and democracy but that are often papered over in ordinary times.
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Back to Work or Else? Risky Reopening Policies Put Black and Brown Workers in Danger

We're all seeing systematic efforts to shift the economic and health risks of the pandemic from governments and employers and onto the backs of disproportionately Black and brown workers.
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Amy Traub
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How Dog-Whistle Racism Is Sabotaging the Postal Service and Threatening to Gut the Black Middle Class

The Postal Service faces a $13 billion revenue loss this fiscal year alone; If the Postal Service is allowed to fail, it will be a tremendous blow to all Americans.
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Amy Traub
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Fifty Years After Earth Day, Coronavirus, Climate Injustice, and Inequality Collide

The COVID-19 pandemic is an environmental justice crisis—it has exposed inequalities that have persisted in places across the country with decades of pollution.
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Adrien Salazar
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Lew Daly
Lew Daly
Senior Policy Analyst and Senior Advisor, Policy Development
Adrien Salazar
Adrien Salazar
Campaign Strategist, Climate Equity
Amy Traub
Amy Traub
Associate Director, Policy & Research
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The freedom to vote must be protected. Money in politics must be reduced. The democratic process must reflect our diverse electorate. Demos is committed to creating an inclusive democracy.
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