Private prison corporations helped buy ICE's blank check, and they are cashing in on it. Closing the campaign finance loopholes that let federal contractors bankroll politicians is a necessary first step toward a government accountable to people rather than profits.
No eligible voter should be shut out of our democracy because election materials aren't available in the language they know best. This brief with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) shows why language access is essential to a truly inclusive, multiracial democracy.
This brief examines what the Supreme Court's Callais decision means for communities of color, what has already changed in its wake, and what reforms — from state voting rights acts to proportional representation — can meet this moment.
"The Court has effectively stripped Black, Latino, Native American, Asian American and other voters of color of the most powerful protection against racial discrimination in redistricting."
In a sense, this is not a surprise. This administration has made it clear that it will attack, persecute, and villainize any person, organization, or group that decries its actions and tries to hold it to account.
Charged with both honoring Dēmos’ legacy and looking to the future, current president Taifa Smith Butler closes the Presidents’ Series by reflecting on the present moment and what it calls us to do.
From protesting outside a courthouse to shaping policy inside the White House, former Dēmos president Sabeel Rahman learned a defining lesson during his tenure: transformational change must begin with people power.
Former Dēmos president Heather McGhee reflects on how the organization grew from a small experiment in policy advocacy into something more distinctive: a multi-issue “think and do” tank.
