In this brief, we’ll examine how conservative administrations, government inaction, and corporate interests have left low-paid salaried workers without adequate overtime protections for the past few decades.
The Economic Justice team at Dēmos brings diverse expertise areas and perspectives to our critical mission of ensuring that people have power over the economic forces that shape their lives. Get to know each member and learn about what motivates them to do this work.
"By undermining the power of federal agencies, the Court has supercharged a new battlefield for anti-regulation interests to attack our labor, consumer, and civil rights regulations."
Today's ruling is a powerful affirmation: the CFPB stands as a fortress against financial predators, especially crucial for communities of color battered by decades of discriminatory banking practices.
This women’s history month, we celebrate Acting Secretary Julie Su’s leadership and call on the Senate to stop this egregious delay and confirm her as nominee.
Black History Month is an opportunity to look to our past for lessons on our future path to justice, economic security and stronger democracy everyone deserves.
Often reduced to a simple dream, Dr. King's life and work represent the full tapestry of our collective fight for freedom for all people, particularly Black and brown people and poor people, who have been excluded from—or pushed to the margins of—our economy and democracy.
Demos President Taifa Smith Butler joins Colin to discuss Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the Biden administration's economic agenda, and extremist attacks on education.
Dēmos strongly supports updating federal regulations to restore and extend overtime protections. However, we urge the Department to finalize a stronger rule than the one proposed.
The resumption of student loan payments after a three-year break, is likely to deliver a blow to American economic growth, according to economists, in a move that could harm many beyond borrowers alone.
