More than 815,000 Alabamians are missing from the electoral process. In this report, Stand Up Mobile, Dēmos, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice examine who's missing, why, and what Alabama must do to fix it.
In a new report, Stand Up Mobile, Dēmos, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice expose the barriers pushing more than 815,000 Alabamians out of the electoral process — and offer commonsense solutions to bring them back in.
What would a truly equitable tax code look like? Dēmos breaks down the congressional proposals that could shift resources away from billionaires and toward everyday people.
In the second piece of the series, Dēmos co-founder David Callahan takes us back to the late 1990s—a moment that appeared prosperous on the surface yet held deeper warning signs.
Former Dēmos president Heather McGhee reflects on how the organization grew from a small experiment in policy advocacy into something more distinctive: a multi-issue “think and do” tank.
From protesting outside a courthouse to shaping policy inside the White House, former Dēmos president Sabeel Rahman learned a defining lesson during his tenure: transformational change must begin with people power.
Charged with both honoring Dēmos’ legacy and looking to the future, current president Taifa Smith Butler closes the Presidents’ Series by reflecting on the present moment and what it calls us to do.
From high gas prices to unaffordable housing, families are struggling to make ends meet. The concentration of power in this country has sent our economy out of whack, but we know how to fix it.
The affordability crisis is the result of policy choices — and different choices can reverse it. This report from Dēmos and People's Action traces why housing, utilities, food, health care, and child care have become unaffordable, and five structural solutions for building a people-powered, racially just economy.
Good care jobs are the foundation of a good care economy. Empowering care workers through better pay, stronger protections, and collective voice would improve care quality, reduce workforce shortages, and advance racial and economic equity.
This brief examines what the Supreme Court's Callais decision means for communities of color, what has already changed in its wake, and what reforms — from state voting rights acts to proportional representation — can meet this moment.
"The Court has effectively stripped Black, Latino, Native American, Asian American and other voters of color of the most powerful protection against racial discrimination in redistricting."
Black women are often the first to feel economic pressure and the last to recover. Their unemployment data is a clearer signal of economic health than any topline indicator.
In a major victory for democracy and constitutional protections, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to strip birthright citizenship rights. Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler called the decision essential to building an inclusive democracy where all Americans have equal rights and political voice.
