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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.

Progressives must see every policy fight as about more than its issues —it's an opportunity to shift power to Black and brown communities and working families. 

Adding a question on citizenship status to the decennial census to which every household in the United States is required to respond is entirely unnecessary for the proper performance of the Census Bureau’s functions, and will greatly impair the quality, utility and clarity of the 2020 Census.

The three sets of steps policymakers and election officials must take to ensure that Black and brown Americans—and all Americans—can exercise their fundamental right to vote in 2020 and beyond.

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.

New Mexico is failing to enable Black and Brown communities to access their fundamental right to vote.

LGB+ Voices in the 2019 Black Census

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

Executive actions the new administration can take to help ensure the integrity of our elections and strengthen opportunities for civic participation for Black and brown Americans.

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

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.

Give states additional Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to double the number of children served by child care assistance, make the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit refundable, and expand Head Start and Early Head Start.

Once an institution accepts the premise that all people, regardless of their background, have the potential to thrive and contribute to the success of an organization, they can begin to recognize systemic disparities and gaps as flaws to be addressed.

Home ownership is commonly understood as the quintessential marker of having arrived in the middle class: a family’s home is often the single largest asset that they own and has traditionally served as an important vehicle for wealth accumulation and economic security. 

This bill unravels important consumer safeguards that protect American consumers and leaves communities of color particularly vulnerable.

We are concerned that given Ms. DeVos’ track record to privatize public education and her lack of a clear position concerning the affordability crisis in higher education, the committee cannot properly assess whether Ms. DeVos is fit to run the U.S. Department of Education.