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How our work to enforce Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act has resulted in over 3 million new voter registration applications through public assistance agencies.

Research
Laura Williamson
Pamela Cataldo
Brenda Wright

The Supreme Court got it supremely wrong when it held that corporations had the same rights as people to spend money in elections.

Policy Briefs
Liz Kennedy

Public policies can either fuel or ease racial disparities in wealth. This report marks the first-ever systematic analysis of the impact of different policies, highlighting the policies that could help erase the racial wealth gap.

Research
Amy Traub
Catherine Ruetschlin
Laura Sullivan
Tatjana Meschede
Lars Dietrich
Thomas Shapiro

Same Day Registration (SDR) allows eligible voters to register to vote and cast their ballots on the same day. Depending on the state, this one-stop process for registering and voting may be offered on Election Day, during the early voting period, or both.

Research

Large disparities in turnout benefit the donor class.

Research
Sean McElwee
Current federal policy falls well short of the robust agenda we need to lift up working families of all races, but we know how to change that.
Blog
Adam Lioz
Employers pay black women who work full-time, year-round just 63 cents for each dollar they pay to non-Hispanic white men.
Blog
Amy Traub
[T]he public policy organization fights for racial equity, an expanded middle class and shaving the amount of money used in politics. Demos has just released a landmark report exclusively to theGrio explaining its studied view of why the Trump administration is bad for Black people and they have
In the media
Melanie Eversley
Demos’ new briefing book, Everyone’s Economy , offers an economic agenda that will enable all of us to thrive. Women’s History Month is an opportunity to dig into the ways that a race-conscious, populist economic agenda must elevate women. Over the next 2 weeks, Demos will share a series of blog
Blog
Amy Traub
Family comes first. That means all families should have access to affordable and high-quality choices for their children’s early care and education.
Blog
Amy Traub