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Baltimore’s campaign donors lack diversity across race, gender, and socioeconomic status. The Baltimore Fair Election Fund, designed with equity and community engagement at the forefront, can change that.

Women of color are generally underrepresented as campaign donors even though they vote at high rates, according to research by progressive think tank Demos.

In 2016, a report from the progressive think tank Demos found that most campaign dollars in local elections were coming from contributors who are white, male and high-income.

Looking to the labor lessons of the past and to our vision for an inclusive, organized future.

Resources to make sense of the student debt crisis, the administration's Public Charge rule, the realities of our big-money political system, and more

In the last ten days, the House has passed two much-needed bills for Black and brown people and working people of all backgrounds. The PRO Act, is the most far-reaching reshaping of U.S. labor law in decades. The CREDIT Act would overhaul the nation’s credit reporting system.

Demos experts weigh in on the myths and mistruths inherent in the 2020 State of the Union

We’re celebrating the first full week of Black History Month with a reality check on the biggest news stories this week.

How we’re fighting back to protect voters in Pennsylvania, a disappointing ruling for Ohio voters, and more.

Felony disenfranchisement is one of several ways people get stripped of their power.

Arguments Heard Today Suggest Precedents Limiting Corporate Political Influence Under Threat

Washington, DC — Today's argument in Citizens United v. FEC suggests that the Roberts Court is poised to sweep aside century-old restraints on corporate domination of the political marketplace — unless the wisdom of the Court's newest member proves persuasive when the decision is ultimately written.

High Court Threatening to Overturn Key Precedents Protecting Citizens Against Corporate Control of Politics

“These are folks who are serving [and] preparing food for all of the rest of us. It's a recipe for contagion when...the people preparing your food cannot afford to stay home when they have a contagious disease.”

“Providing sufficient paid sick time is the kind of common sense first step every business should be taking right now."

A unique set of injustices confront workers still heading off to a job every day in the midst of a pandemic. 

We're all seeing systematic efforts to shift the economic and health risks of the pandemic from governments and employers and onto the backs of disproportionately Black and brown workers.

From the day he launched his campaign with dire warnings about border-crossing “bad hombres,” Donald Trump has preyed on some Americans’ worst biases around immigration. Trump has since exhorted Congress to allocate tens of billions of dollars for a border wall, stepped up arrests of immigrants, separated Latino children from their parents, and pushed to expedite deportations. [...]