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We are concerned that given Ms. DeVos’ track record to privatize public education and her lack of a clear position concerning the affordability crisis in higher education, the committee cannot properly assess whether Ms. DeVos is fit to run the U.S. Department of Education.

Congress now has the opportunity to erect new public structures guaranteeing stability, transparency and competition in banking.

If passed, each of these pieces of legislation would destabilize a regulatory system that saves lives and improves our nation.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has graded our infrastructure a D+, poor and at risk. Congress must act.

More information about CEO-to-worker pay disparities is critical for investors.

We don’t only have a jobs deficit in this country. We have a deficit of good jobs. Here's why.

"We know this: the super rich and corporations don’t need a tax cut. The 1 percent are doing just fine."

The fast food industry is the main driver of compensation inequality in the most disparate sector of the economy, with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2013 of over 1000-to-1.

The Department's proposed "EAP Rule" fails to sufficiently safeguard working people.

Demos’ Race-Class Narrative (RCN) project developed an empirically-tested narrative on race and class that resonates with all working people and offers an alternative to—and neutralizes the use of—dog-whistle racism.

The Supreme Court should hold that Title VII bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Disparate Impact standard is critical to continued and enhanced opportunity to access fair credit, housing, and homeownership. Demos strongly opposes efforts to undermine this longstanding enforcement tool.

One New York State bill would interrupt the cycle of discrimination that comes with employment credit checks.

We're asking Florida to immediately implement new procedures as a result of this crisis

We urge Ohio to take immediate action to ease and modify absentee ballot laws so that thousands of voters are not disenfranchised during Ohio’s March 17, 2020 primary.

The global coronavirus pandemic threatens to disrupt the Presidential Preference Primary election in Florida. The extension of vote-by-mail options and other accommodations at polling places is necessary.

Notice letter to the Ohio Secretary of State that aspects of the state's COVID-19-related election directive violate the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Brief submitted on behalf of Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute and the League of Women Voters of Ohio 

Notice Letter to Missouri Governor Michael Parson and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft Re: New June 2, 2020 Municipal Election Date Due to COVID-19

This presentation outlines the ways that student debt both contributes to, and is a cause of, America’s historic and persistent racial wealth divide.