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Caregiving work has historically been undervalued. Today, Black women are disproportionately employed in caregiving work and facing the worst of the COVID-19 economic crisis.

Congress and the Biden administration must take a different route as they seek a more equitable recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

The response to the COVID-19 crisis must include investments in public goods and health infrastructure, breaking up concentrated economic power, and equitable access for Black and brown communities.

Congress must act swiftly to put transformative pro-democracy legislation at the top of the agenda.

Demos and Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research hosted a virtual convening to contribute to a growing movement that seeks to redefine who we think of as swing voters.

The hardships faced by Amazon’s warehouse employees are well known and now Black workers in Alabama are organizing, challenging power, and leading the efforts to become unionized.

While Biden inspires hope, our democracy has let down Black communities for far too long.

Why the National Voter Registration Act is vital for helping millions of low-income people register to vote through state public assistance agencies.

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

The future of our planet demands that we recognize our historic inequities and prioritize those who have been most impacted by climate change throughout history.

An analysis of the House's recently introduced College Affordability Act.

Our communities are threatened, and our democracy is falling apart. Why any real solution requires understanding civic power and then building it.

Some presidential candidates' critiques promote unhelpful assumptions about who tuition-free and debt-free college would actually serve. (Spoiler: it's not millionaires and billionaires.)

This Giving Tuesday, we encourage you to give whatever you can to support our critical work to win the next 20 years.

A conservative group is suing to force the state of Wisconsin to purge 234,000 voters from voter rolls. The purge will disproportionately target voters of color. 

On this Haitian Independence Day, the world must recognize Haiti and her people not only for their struggle, but also for their ingenuity, their resolve and their courage.

The task of (re)building our democracy is not just about the 2020 elections and here's why.

Fresh research and writing for the start of 2020.

The denial of voting rights to pretrial jail detainees is one of the most hidden and racially disparate forms of voter disenfranchisement.

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