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Jeff Stein

White House economics reporter, The Washington Post

Robert Hiltonsmith

Amy Traub

Former Associate Director, Policy & Research

Lew Daly

Former Senior Policy Analyst and Senior Advisor for Policy Development

Teresa Ghilarducci

Richard Brodsky

Former Senior Fellow

Bob Herbert

J. Mijin Cha

Catherine Ruetschlin

Fellow

Juhem Navarro-Rivera

Tamara Draut

Heather C. McGhee

Trustee Emeritus
Heather McGhee

Heather is a Trustee Emeritus on the Demos Board and author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

David Callahan

Demos Pres. Miles Rapoport Applauds Connecticut Legislators for Passage of Bill Banning Discriminatory Credit Checks in Hiring

New York – Today, Demos, a national public policy research and advocacy center that supports fair employment practices, congratulates the Connecticut General Assembly for passing legislation that prohibits employers from using credit reports in employment decisions except in certain circumstances. Demos commends Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, House Speaker Christopher Donovan and Representative Matthew Lesser for their leadership on this issue.  Connecticut is sixth in a growing number of states to ban employment credit checks.
Press release

Back To Work: A Public Jobs Proposal For Economic Recovery

This report makes the case that we should create jobs for the unemployed directly and immediately in public employment programs that produce useful goods and services for the public’s benefit.
Research
Philip Harvey

Scheduling Hourly Workers

How Last Minute, Just-In-Time Scheduling Practices Are Bad for Workers, Families and Business
Research
Nancy K. Cauthen

Climate Equity: From Crisis to Opportunity Building Power Through Partnership

An outline of Demos' approach to engaging across climate and equity issues, their respective fields, and partners working in the fields.
Research

The Price Tag of Being Young: Climate Change and Millennials' Economic Future

Quantifying the cost of climate change to millennials and their children, compared to a world without climate change.
Research

Stacked Deck: How the Racial Bias in Our Big Money Political System Undermines Our Democracy and Our Economy

The dominance of big money in our politics makes it far harder for people of color to exert political power and effectively advocate for their interests as both wealth and power are consolidated by a small, very white, share of the population.
Research
Adam Lioz

The Failure of the 401(k): How Individual Retirement Plans are a Costly Gamble for American Workers

A picture of the current state of the private retirement system, why this picture bodes ill for the future of retirement in the country, and why that system needs reform.
Research
Robert Hiltonsmith