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From cutting-edge policy research to illuminating analysis, we bring a racial equity lens to the most pressing issues facing our country. For our latest blog posts and media updates, visit our Media page.

A corporation is a legal structure that enables individuals to contribute and pool resources, capital, and labor in order to generate a profit. Corporations are created by state law in the state in which they are incorporated. The corporate legal structure receives a number of advantages and
Research

Every year, millions of eligible voters fall through the cracks of our antiquated voter registration system because they have moved sometime in the last year.

Research
Youjin B. Kim

Ways to improve our electoral system and voter registration process.

Policy Briefs
Brenda Wright
It seems reasonable to ask that this law, which would give the Executive Branch the power to extend its version of cost-benefit analysis to independent agencies, show that its benefits are greater than its costs.  A close analysis of the proposal’s impact on the financial sector shows that it fails
Policy Briefs
Ben Peck

Protecting The Freedom To Vote Against Wrongful Challenges And Intimidation

Research
Liz Kennedy
Tova Wang
Stephen Spaulding
Jenny Flanagan

We, the undersigned consumer, small business, labor, good government, financial protection, community, health, environmental, and public interest groups - strongly urge you to oppose S. 3468, the Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012. This legislation is likely to be marked up in the

Testimony and Public Comment

Demos conducted a nationwide survey of low- and middle-income households in early 2012. The findings in this brief summarize the relationship between college costs and credit card debt, and its impact on students and their parents.

Research
Catherine Ruetschlin
Robert Hiltonsmith

Widely shared middle-class prosperity has made the United States the most hopeful and dynamic country on earth. 

Policy Briefs
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan
More than two years after the recession officially ended, 25 million Americans – 16 percent of the labor force – are still out of work or underemployed.1 There are more than four jobseekers for every job opening. 6.2 million people have been out of work for more than six months. While the economic
Policy Briefs
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan
Americans believe that hard work should be rewarded – people who go to work every day should not then be forced to raise their families in poverty. Yet today nearly a quarter of working adults in the U.S. are laboring at jobs that do not pay enough to support a family at a minimally acceptable level
Policy Briefs
Amy Traub
Tamara Draut
David Callahan