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Format: 09-21-2018
Format: 09-21-2018
The Unaffordable Era: A 50-State Look at Rising College Prices and the New American Student
Summary and Key Findings The notion that any student, regardless of background or family finances, should be able to succeed in college is fundamental to the American ideals of opportunity and...
February 22, 2018 | Report |
Mark Huelsman
When Congress Went to College: Comparing Tuition Then and Now At Our Elected Officials' Alma Maters
Introduction A movement for affordable college is sweeping the country. Today’s college students, an older and more racially and ethnically diverse cohort than those we often picture entering the...
February 15, 2018 | Report |
Demos
Everyone’s Economy: 25 Policies to Lift Up Working People
An economic agenda that places both race and class at the forefront motivates working people of all races to engage in the civic life of their communities and our nation. Such an agenda embodies race...
January 31, 2018 | Report |
Demos
Demos Remarks on Arguments in Ohio Voter Purge Case
Demos Senior Campaign Strategist, Vijay Das, gave the following prepared remarks on Demos and ACLU's Ohio voter purge case, Husted v. APRI, at a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court. Das...
January 10, 2018 | Speech |
Vijay Das
Demos Remarks on Republican Tax Plan
Demos Senior Campaign Strategist Vijay Das gave the following prepared remarks at the "People’s Filibuster to Stop Tax Cuts for Billionaires" rally today, organized by the Not One Penny Campaign in...
December 1, 2017 | Speech |
Vijay Das
Demos Remarks on Acting CFPB Director
Demos Senior Campaign Strategist Vijay Das gave the following prepared remarks at a rally in front of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters urging President Trump to follow the letter...
November 27, 2017 | Speech |
Vijay Das
To Move Is To Thrive: Public Transit and Economic Opportunity for People of Color
If people can’t move . . . then economic opportunity and quality of life deteriorate. To move is to thrive. To be stuck is to lack opportunity. --Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Move: How to Rebuild and...
November 15, 2017 | Report |
Algernon Austin
Public Comment of Allie Boldt, Counsel at Demos, Before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Thank you. My name is Allie Boldt, and I’m an attorney at Demos, an organization working to advance equality and inclusive democracy through advocacy and litigation. We’ve been partnering with CASA...
October 24, 2017 | Testimony |
Allie Boldt
How So-Called “Right to Work” Laws Aim to Silence Working People
In America, working people have the freedom to band together with their co-workers to negotiate for a fair return on our work. We have the freedom to act together so can we speak with a more...
October 11, 2017 | Explainer |
Amy Traub
Supreme Court Battle Against Ohio’s Illegal Voter Purges Draws Support in Eighteen Amicus Briefs
Amicus Briefs Opposing Ohio’s Purge Practices Include Former DOJ Officials; State Governments; Ohio Election Administrators; and Many Others A diverse set of stakeholders filed 18 amicus briefs...
September 25, 2017 | Explainer |
Demos
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)