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New Jersey’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.

How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence

Due to disinvestment, a lack of grant aid, and the rising cost of living, Arizona’s students face a steep hill in paying for college.

​​​​​Big companies are using data to preserve the power imbalance that keeps them rich. This economic model is rooted in chattel slavery and relies on the extraction and commodification of data.

The Executive Order on Racial Equity represents a firm commitment by the Biden Administration to champion racial equity and to advance equitable practices in data collection and data provision.

Written testimony of Demos Associate Director of Policy and Research, Amy Traub before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services

Financialization is a major driver of growing inequality and undermines key sources of growth and job creation.

From the time a baby is born, American families are trapped between the need to provide care for their children and the necessity of earning income. 

How social exclusion blocks Black people from full participation and power in the United States.

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

Over 100 community, civil rights, consumer, and student advocacy organizations urge House and Senate leadership to insist on student debt cancellation for all borrowers during negotiations over the next coronavirus relief package.

The Supreme Court should hold that Title VII bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Written testimony of Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law

From March through May, New Florida Majority Education Fund surveyed over 21,000 Floridians to ask how the pandemic was affecting their lives and well-being. This report presents our findings from those surveys.

LGB+ Voices in the 2019 Black Census

Executive actions the new administration can take to deliver economic relief and protect workers and families.

Policymakers in Michigan have continuously made attending college harder through divestment in Michigan’s public higher education system, resulting in skyrocketing college prices.

State Higher Education Funding After the Recession

How Higher Education Cuts Undermine the State’s Future Middle Class

New York State is in the midst of a housing crisis. Right now, there is a policy platform under consideration that could address the crisis.