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If we do not close voter turnout gaps, our democracy is destined to become less and less representative in the coming decades.

More than 1.2 million African Americans in 175 communities across the country have councils that do not descriptively represent them

All money in politics events should be planned in a way that elevates the most marginalized voices.

Spoiler alert: they do not. Rules work in corporations favor and against workers.

This Demos Explainer explores the tension between political support for deficit reduction versus job creation and economic security policies. 

Empirical data showing policymakers, organizers, and progressives that there is clear public support for the notion that racism is a divide-and-conquer tactic creating distrust, undermining belief in government, and causing economic pain for everyone, of every color.

Why Protections for Schools, Hospitals and Courthouses Are Essential

A number of states have laws demanding citizens produce documentary evidence of citizenship to register to vote. These laws have far-reaching implications for voter participation in our democracy.

14 Big Ideas to Build a Strong & Diverse Middle Class

How the dominance of politics by the affluent & business undermines economic mobility in America

Climate change poses a tremendous threat to Florida. Sea level rise, more intense precipitation, and stronger hurricanes increase the risk of natural disaster and imperil the state’s economy and its citizens’ safety.

Why, without swift and bold action to mitigate climate change, Nevada will grow more and more vulnerable to potentially severe economic impacts.

Arizona’s citizens and its economy are among America’s most vulnerable to the growing adverse impacts of climate change.

Climate change threatens serious harm to Virginia’s economy, its people and its treasured natural resources.

A long-standing flaw in the decennial census counts more than 2 million people in the wrong place and undermines the “one person, one vote” principle.

While GDP has been steadily increasing, indicating a growing economy, other metrics of progress show a very different picture.

La Constitución de los Estados Unidos requiere que los distritos electorales sean aproximadamente iguales en tamaño para que todas las personas tengan la misma representación en el proceso político.

Dēmos has measured the comparative effectiveness of five leading fiscal proposals. We evaluate the plans in eight categories: jobs and public investment; health care affordability; Social Security income; education; defense policy; fair and adequate revenues; and long-term debt reduction.

26 state policies for a race-forward, populist agenda to empower all Americans.

A report on the ability of local communities to decide, based on their own form of local government, how they may enact policies to protect immigrant rights.