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14 Big Ideas to Build a Strong & Diverse Middle Class

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.

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

New York State’s Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) is a bold climate action policy for the people of New York.

How the Climate & Community Protection Act will Increase Resiliency for New York’s Latinx Communities

The CCPA is a climate bill, a racial justice bill, a public health bill, and an economic development bill. We need it to be all of these things.

Ensuring just and equitable access to and ownership of one our most vital natural resources—energy—is vital to building a vibrant, inclusive democracy.

This platform proposes a set of actions the executive branch can take to equitably address the climate crisis without new legislation, major new appropriations, or other Congressional authority.

Identifying Communities That Face Environmental Injustice, Using Lessons Learned from State Equity Mapping Programs

Executive actions the new administration can take to deliver economic relief and protect workers and families.

How We Can Fix the Housing Affordability Crisis