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This Black History Month (and into March), workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse have the power to keep making history by voting for their union.
In the media
Amy Traub
Washington's history is Black history — and D.C. statehood is its future.
In the media
Laura Williamson
Ericka Taylor
"Although credit scores never formally take race into account, they draw on data about personal borrowing and payment history that is shaped by generations of discriminatory public policies and corporate practices that limit access to wealth for Black and Latinx families."
In the media
Marissa Gamache
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Congress must include small-donor matching in final For the People package
Blog
Adam Lioz
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Our new Economic Democracy agenda is about building economic power and liberation for Black and brown people in the United States.
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Empowering Small Donors to Break the Vicious Cycle of Racial Exclusion in our Democracy & Economy

Research

This report analyzes new voter turnout data to understand how Same-Day Registration (SDR) is reducing barriers to voting and boosting turnout for Black and Latinx Americans.

Policy Briefs
Laura Williamson
Jesse Rhodes

A coalition of Black and brown community organizations and activists helped enact a first-of-its-kind democracy dollars program in Seattle.

Research
Demos
Washington CAN
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Big data and algorithms are used to reinforce racist economic power throughout our society, but Black and brown communities are fighting back.
Blog
Amy Traub

Voter registration operates as a tool of racist voter suppression and has long been weaponized to silence communities of color.  

Today, we have the opportunity to change this by providing voter registration at federal agencies.

Policy Briefs
Demos
ACLU