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In the aftermath of the Great Recession, Americans battered by job loss, foreclosure, and plummeting home values tightened their belts and paid down debt. The Latino community, hit particularly hard by the housing crash, was no exception. Yet new research from Demos’ National Survey on Credit Card
Research
Amy Traub
NCLR

If we do not close voter turnout gaps, our democracy is destined to become less and less representative in the coming decades.

Research
Sean McElwee

Connecticut’s investment in higher education has decreased considerably over the past two decades, and its financial aid programs, though still some of the country’s most expansive, fail to reach many students with financial need.

Research
Mark Huelsman
Robert Hiltonsmith
Americans are famously concerned about values and personal morality. The United States ranks among the most religious of all the advanced industrialized democracies, and it has frequently experienced eras of intense moral introspection. The past several decades have been such a period, with heated
Research

A breakdown of the public policies needed to ensure that all Americans have a chance to move into the middle class and stay there.

Testimony and Public Comment
Heather C. McGhee
From: Demos To: Mayor Bill de Blasio; City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito; and interested parties Regarding: Unjustified exemptions that weaken and Aundermine legislation on employment credit checks 
Testimony and Public Comment

A Federal-State Partnership to Increase State Investment and Return to Debt-Free Public Higher Education

Policy Briefs
Mark Huelsman
Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit the following statement for the record as part of today’s hearing.
Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub
Discrimination has no place in New York. At our best, we’re a city where people of all races, ethnicities, creeds, and backgrounds have an opportunity to work hard and make their mark. But today in New York, many qualified job seekers are turned away from employment because of their personal credit
Policy Briefs
Amy Traub
Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap with New Rigor
Research
Thomas Shapiro
Tatjana Meschede
Laura Sullivan