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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

Background on one of the landmark pieces of financial reform legislation associated with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

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

The Financial Infrastructure Exchange (FIX) is a federal tax-and-subsidy program to promote long-term investment in a financial system that otherwise prioritizes short-term gains. 

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

The Volcker Rule is a requirement in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 that is sometimes referred to as a “mini-Glass-Steagall.” 

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.

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

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

The causes of Detroit's bankruptcy and what the city's emergency manager can do to turn it around.

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

A Hawaii Partnership Bank will generate new revenue for Hawaii, save local governments money, and make us less dependent on big offshore banks that are dramatically reshaping life for families and businesses in Hawaii.

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Part of a Demos series of reports on deregulation showing that often the most significant impact is on the quality and reliability of work — in this case, on port trucking.

How the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will bring greater security to American consumers, investors and Main Street businesses.

For decades, GDP has enjoyed supreme status as the predominant benchmark of our economic and social progress. In reality, GDP obscures or ignores essential aspects of Americans’ economic and social welfare, as well as important social and environmental dimensions of our national welfare and future well-being.

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.

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.

How Maine can use deposits of state tax revenue to tilt the economic playing field back toward Main Street businesses, our community banks, and long-term job growth.