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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.

Are States Complying with the Motor Voter Requirements of the National Voter Registration Act?

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

In November 2014, voters in Montana will face a very important choice: to repeal or to continue SDR. They should keep it.

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.

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

How our work to enforce Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act has resulted in over 3 million new voter registration applications through public assistance agencies.

This report elevates the voices of affected communities across the country and provides important insights on the quest to vote.

The Public Interest Law Foundation has made such misleading and irresponsible claims before, and, when tested, they have uniformly proven to be unreliable and misleading.

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.

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.