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This Demos Explainer explores the tension between political support for deficit reduction versus job creation and economic security policies. 

Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis

Why better measures of government output can help us grasp potentially damaging tradeoffs between fiscal austerity and collective needs.

26 state policies for a race-forward, populist agenda to empower all Americans.

Most states have very far to go in making their selective public institutions representative, and thus truly public.

Advocates and policymakers are frequently asked how they plan to pay for progressive policy investments. This memo provides guidance on how to respond.

This report presents findings on the use of public transit by people of color and on the potential jobs benefits that people of color can gain from investments in public transit.

Spoiler alert: they do not. Rules work in corporations favor and against workers.

How the retail industry fails to meet the needs of the Black and Latino workforce.

How and why two types of theft—wage theft and shoplifting—are treated so differently.

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.

Voter registration operates as a tool of racist voter suppression and has long been weaponized to silence communities of color.  

Today, we have the opportunity to change this by providing voter registration at federal agencies.

Dear Mr. President:

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

This report analyzes new voter turnout data to understand how Same-Day Registration (SDR) is reducing barriers to voting and boosting turnout for Black and Latinx Americans.

A coalition of Black and brown community organizations and activists helped enact a first-of-its-kind democracy dollars program in Seattle.

Until voters and elected leaders in Baltimore, Maryland took action to bring small donor public financing to their elections, big money in politics was a growing problem in the city.