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How social exclusion blocks Black people from full participation and power in the United States.
National online dial survey results from testing various race, class, and democracy narratives
The working class today is much more complex and diverse than the white, male, manufacturing archetype often evoked in popular narratives.
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.
Policy Briefs
March 22, 2018
A 50-State Look at Rising College Prices and the New American Student
Research
February 22, 2018
Comparing Tuition Then and Now At Our Elected Officials' Alma Maters
Research
February 15, 2018
25 Federal Policies to Lift Up Working People
Research
January 31, 2018
This report presents findings on the use of public transit by people of color and on the potential jobs benefits that people of color can gain from investments in public transit.
Research
November 15, 2017
In January 2016, Oregon became the first state in the country to implement Automatic Voter Registration. It was a resounding success.
Policy Briefs
July 26, 2017
Sean McElwee
Brian Schaffner
Jesse Rhodes
How and why two types of theft—wage theft and shoplifting—are treated so differently.
This Explainer describes the legal requirements states must follow when maintaining voter rolls.
Research
February 15, 2017
From the time a baby is born, American families are trapped between the need to provide care for their children and the necessity of earning income.
Research
December 13, 2016
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith
Tamara Draut
Infrequent Voters Who Were Unlawfully Purged from Ohio’s Registration Rolls Will Be Permitted to Vote in the November 2016 General Election
Litigation
October 31, 2016
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.
Policy Briefs
September 28, 2016
Quantifying the cost of climate change to millennials and their children, compared to a world without climate change.
How a Shared Definition of College Affordability Exposes a Crisis for Low-Income Students
If nearly 70 percent of graduates are borrowing, 30 percent (including 35 percent of public college graduates) are not. Who are these students? What type of family or financial resources do they have at their disposal? What are their work habits? In short, what does it take to graduate debt-free these days? This brief answers these questions.
Our current voter registration system, which is designed as a voter-initiated or “self-registration” system, creates barriers to registration that do not serve any significant purpose in a democracy. Automatic voter registration is the answer.
Research
January 20, 2016
Liz Kennedy
Lew Daly
Brenda Wright
Student loans are treated differently than almost every other form of debt incurred by American households.
Research
November 24, 2015
How we can lower student debt while closing the Black-White wealth gap.
Research
November 24, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Tamara Draut
Tatjana Meschede
Lars Dietrich
Thomas Shapiro
Laura Sullivan