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Angela joins Moms Rising CEO Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner to talk worker power and a new generation of unions, and why a multiracial democracy is essential for a thriving economy.

Saira Malik, Nuveen CIO, Jason Furman, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and former CEA chair, Tyler Goodspeed, Cato Institute adjunct scholar and former acting CEA chairman, and Angela Hanks, chief of programs at Demos, join CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to react to September's key jobs report.

If we are to make any progress toward a just, inclusive, multiracial economy and democracy, we must shift power toward Black women. 

Demos President Taifa Butler explains what true democracy looks like, and why what we have right now just ain’t it.

It's no coincidence that SCOTUS is choosing a moment when Black and brown workers are building power to threaten labor's gains. 

“The government has not asked questions of the banks for this latest bailout—protecting the priorities of banks and shareholders. But for the rest of us, not so much.”

Every inch of progress, from emancipation to voting rights, seemed impossible until grassroots organizing, and advocacy made it inevitable.

3 out of 4 senior households lack the economic security needed to sustain them through their lives, according to new study

New York, NY — Older Americans have experienced huge, negative financial shifts that now make it more difficult to enter retirement with sustainable economic security, a new study finds. Seventy-eight percent of all senior households are financially vulnerable when it comes to their ability to meet essential expenses and cover projected costs over their lifetimes.

Demos Calls for Swifter Action As Issuers Continue to Slash Credit Limits and Ratchet Up Interest Rates and Fees

Amazon has cashed in on the COVID economy, enjoying surging sales and a soaring stock price.

If we are to survive this crisis—and imagine a more equitable, dynamic economy to come, we must start with a recommitment to the value of universal, inclusive public infrastructure.

Washington, DC — The need for our nation to rebuild the middle class — the real engine of our economy — was completely overlooked in the new job-killing recommendations from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform earlier today. Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Programs at Demos responded with the following statement.

Washington, DC — The need for our nation to rebuild the middle class-the real engine of our economy-was completely overlooked in the new job-killing recommendations from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform earlier today. Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Programs at Demos responded with the following statement.

Washington, DC — A collaborative effort of The Century Foundation, Demos and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Our Fiscal Security today released Investing in America’s Economy: A Budget Blueprint for Economic

Wallace Turbeville on his time at Goldman Sachs, working with the city of Detroit, and the reality of the crisis that brought about TARP.

There is a tax on the 1 percent that Washington should be considering: A financial-transaction tax—better known as a financial speculation tax (FST).

By now it's pretty clear that Mitt Romney's recent claim about female job losses during the Obama presidency has more to do with selective number fudging and electoral pandering than factual accuracy.