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Dēmos and New Economy Project explore how public banking can expand opportunities for communities of color to build shared generational and community wealth.

A fireside chat on why our economy is gaslighting us and how to build a better future   

Demos President Taifa Smith Butler joins Colin to discuss Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the Biden administration's economic agenda, and extremist attacks on education.

We have the blueprint to take it back.

By issuing this toothless code of conduct, the Supreme Court attempts to circumvent necessary reforms and enables more lavish gifts and lucrative speaking engagements from their wealthy patrons.
 

“The Supreme Court’s authority rests on the trust of the American people. The justices have shattered that trust."

"We can't rely on the Court to regulate itself."  

“Thomas’s time in the headlines may come and go, but it’s never too late for court reform.”

"Millions of people anchored by the weight of student loan debt are drowning in pursuit of the American Dream."

Redefining Economic Growth: Building A People's Prosperity

Chief of Programs at Demos, Angela Hanks on Black employment in this jobs report, wage growth, and the Fed rate hike - what damage that could do to the economy. 

Demos President Taifa Smith Butler joins Colin to discuss Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the Biden administration's economic agenda, and extremist attacks on education.

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

Justice Thomas’s egregious actions are part of a long pattern of justices with deep ties to wealthy, politically motivated far-right donors. Congress must act.

Our work doesn't end when Black History Month does.

"Any action, plan, or agenda not rooted in equity to address the student loan debt crisis undermines America’s legitimacy in being a world leader that truly cares about the future of its people."

We know that curbing the influence of lobbyists, money, and organized interest groups while strengthening working families' voices in our political system is the only way to end the devastation of gun violence in America.

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.

President Joe Biden needs to do more to meet the needs of people of color.