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The U.S. Supreme Court building against a blue sky, overlaid with a map of Louisiana and a chain of "I Voted" sticker footprints being cut by scissors on either side

Voting Rights and Representation in the Aftermath of Louisiana v. Callais

This brief examines what the Supreme Court's Callais decision means for communities of color, what has already changed in its wake, and what reforms — from state voting rights acts to proportional representation — can meet this moment.

Policy Briefs
Angelo Ancheta
Cover of 'Solving the Affordability Crisis' by People's Action and Dēmos: a rising staircase of icons representing groceries, health care, energy, housing, and child care, each topped with dollar bills."

Solving the Affordability Crisis

The affordability crisis is the result of policy choices — and different choices can reverse it. This report from Dēmos and People's Action traces why housing, utilities, food, health care, and child care have become unaffordable, and five structural solutions for building a people-powered, racially just economy.

Policy Briefs
Demos
People's Action
A Black care worker in scrubs reviews a clipboard with an older Black woman seated on a couch. In the background, composite images show caregivers working with children and supporting elderly adults, overlaid with illustrated icons representing justice, economic opportunity, and care.

Empowering Care Workers: The Key to a Better Care Economy

Good care jobs are the foundation of a good care economy. Empowering care workers through better pay, stronger protections, and collective voice would improve care quality, reduce workforce shortages, and advance racial and economic equity.

Policy Briefs
Nick Wertsch

Organizations Urge Senate to Confront Corrupting Supreme Court Influence & Issue Subpoenas to Harlan Crow & Leonard Leo

Letter to express our grave concern regarding the revelations and allegations surrounding
special interest judicial influence, corruption, lack of ethical standards, and apparent
lawbreaking by justices on the Supreme Court.

Testimony and Public Comment

Letter in Support of Updating Federal Regulations to Restore and Extend Overtime Protections

Dēmos strongly supports updating federal regulations to restore and extend overtime protections. However, we urge the Department to finalize a stronger rule than the one proposed.

Testimony and Public Comment
Udochi Onwubiko

Economic Democracy Explained: Community Control over Institutions through Co-Governance

This brief makes a case for directly empowering frontline communities to help govern public and private institutions that impact their lives.

Policy Briefs

Amicus Brief in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Litigation
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Leadership Conference
Leadership Conference Education Fund
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Campaign Legal Center
Demos
League of Women Voters
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Protecting Voter Registration: An Assessment of Voter Purge Policies in Ten States

Evaluating ten states across a spectrum of voter removal practices on an important but often overlooked voting barrier: voter purges. Purges played a part in more than 19 million voters being removed between the 2020 and 2022 general elections.

Research

The Shadow Docket: Shedding Light on the Supreme Court's Dangerous Use of Its Orders List

The Supreme Court is deciding cases that involve critical decisions affecting our everyday lives while using a procedure that provides little to no transparency to the public.

Policy Briefs
Ashley Tjhung

Economic Democracy Explained: Reimagining Public Goods

Why it is so important we expand our definition of public goods and protect them from profit-seeking private hands

Policy Briefs

Economic Democracy Explained: Deconcentrating Corporate Power

This explainer outlines the consequences of corporate actors consolidating their power to act against the public good, and how Black and brown communities can come together to collectively advance and envision a just, inclusive economy.

Policy Briefs

Strengthening Democracy: A Progress Report on Federal Agency Action to Promote Access to Voting

After evaluating the progress of 10 federal agencies in responding to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, we find that most federal agencies have room for improvement. 

Policy Briefs

A Toolkit for North Carolina: Combatting Wrongful Voter Purges

A resource for North Carolinian advocates and local leaders to understand, spot, and report unlawful voter purges.

Policy Briefs
Demos
Southern Coalition for Social Justice