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Twelve years after starting college, the white female borrower has paid off 72% of her loan balance. Over the same time period, the typical Black female borrower's balance has grown by 13%.
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Dayana Yochim
“The inequality between the haves and the have-nots is going to grow even more.”
In the media
Jillian Berman
Twelve years after starting college, white men have paid off 44% of their student loan balances on average, while black men saw their balances grow by 11%, according to an analysis from Demos.
In the media
Jillian Berman
Top donors remain largely white and male, according to data from the progressive think tank Demos.
In the media
Maya King
"The nature of environmental problems is bound up in the history of race in America."
In the media
"To say that people post-crisis, as they try to rebuild their lives, have to carry the impact of this is just another round of disadvantage and discrimination.”
In the media
David Dayen
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Black Lives Matter Protestors in front of a courthouse, with an illustrated sun overhead
A massive corporate lobbying effort is running in parallel and contrary to the Black-led push for accountability throughout American society.
Blog
Amy Traub
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Defocused image of people sitting in an agency waiting room
We encourage states to update their procedures if they have not been providing voter registration opportunities as part of ex parte Medicaid renewals and SNAP benefit extensions.
Blog
Brenda Wright
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Executive Action Plan
The policy platform outlines actions that address environmental justice, just recovery from disasters, equity accounting in climate policy, and energy democracy.
Press release/statement

The case for mandatory participation in U.S. elections.

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