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Dēmos strongly supports updating federal regulations to restore and extend overtime protections. However, we urge the Department to finalize a stronger rule than the one proposed.

Removing unnecessary hurdles to small donor participation will help fix a system that currently prioritizes wealthy, white, male donors over communities of color and working-class people.

The For the People Act can begin to address the longstanding racist exclusions in our democracy with policy solutions that are proven to advance racial equity.

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

Why we need to prioritize passing H.R.1 along with H.R.4 and legislation granting statehood to Washington, D.C. (H.R.51) as the first items of business in the 117th Congress.

One New York State bill would interrupt the cycle of discrimination that comes with employment credit checks.

Democracy Dollars Can Make Every Voice Matter in Albuquerque’s Elections

The Department's proposed "EAP Rule" fails to sufficiently safeguard working people.

Our current system of campaign finance reform suppresses the political power of people of color and that lack of political power has had proven, lasting consequences.

H.R. 1, the For the People Act, is the boldest and most comprehensive proposal to strengthen our democracy since the aftermath of Watergate.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has graded our infrastructure a D+, poor and at risk. Congress must act.

"With the Supreme Court split four-to-four on so many critical issues, the stakes could not be higher."

We write to urge you to reject President Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to a lifetime appointment on the nation’s highest court.

Why President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order must be implemented under the new administration.

If the twin threats to public pensions continue, African American retirees may lose much of the retirement security they’ve gained over the past half-century.

Public financing of elections, as a state and local democracy reform, can help enhance the political voice and power of working-class people and people of color. It is an effective antidote to the outsized influence corporations and major donors currently have on both politics and policy.

Why we need an executive order requiring government contractors to disclose their political spending.

The fast food industry is the main driver of compensation inequality in the most disparate sector of the economy, with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2013 of over 1000-to-1.

We support rulemaking to require public companies to disclose to shareholders the use of corporate resources for political activities.

How taxpayers are bankrolling the paychecks of already-wealthy executives instead of supporting more livable wages for American workers struggling to get by.