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After evaluating the progress of 10 federal agencies in responding to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, we find that most federal agencies have room for improvement. 

This explainer outlines the consequences of corporate actors consolidating their power to act against the public good, and how Black and brown communities can come together to collectively advance and envision a just, inclusive economy.

Why it is so important we expand our definition of public goods and protect them from profit-seeking private hands

The Supreme Court is deciding cases that involve critical decisions affecting our everyday lives while using a procedure that provides little to no transparency to the public.

This brief makes a case for directly empowering frontline communities to help govern public and private institutions that impact their lives.

As states impose new voter suppression tactics, the push for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is crucial to ensure equal voting rights for all.

Ways to improve our electoral system and voter registration process.

Americans of all political backgrounds agree: there is way too much corporate money in politics. 

Unions were instrumental in creating the American middle class, and today they continue to empower millions of Americans to bargain for wages and benefits that are capable of sustaining a middle-class standard of living.

How Walmart has wielded its market power to change the face of American industry and lower labor standards in the retail sector.

In January 2016, Oregon became the first state in the country to implement Automatic Voter Registration. It was a resounding success.

Public assistance offices have received nearly 2 million voter registration forms nationwide since the passage of the National Voter Registration Act.

The Debt-Free College Act of 2018 would create a new federal-state partnership that re-funds our neglected system of public colleges and job training.

Why a return to a debt-free system of public universities and colleges would help revive the promise of affordable higher education regardless of one’s family income.

As with any big reform, the push for debt-free college has been met with pushback among a skeptical elite. We have answers for their major concerns.

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

Due to disinvestment, a lack of grant aid, and the rising cost of living, Arizona’s students face a steep hill in paying for college.

Voter registration operates as a tool of racist voter suppression and has long been weaponized to silence communities of color.  

Today, we have the opportunity to change this by providing voter registration at federal agencies.

This report analyzes new voter turnout data to understand how Same-Day Registration (SDR) is reducing barriers to voting and boosting turnout for Black and Latinx Americans.

Just as a postsecondary education has become essential for getting a decent job and entering the middle class, it has become financially out of reach for many of America’s young people. State support for higher education has decreased considerably over the past twenty years, while financial aid policies have increasingly abandoned students with the greatest financial need. As a result students and their families now pay—or borrow—a lot more for a college degree that benefits all of us.