For the past few weeks, keeping up with the latest developments in the head-spinning Trump-Russia scandal has been a full-time job.

We are not paying close enough attention to this poisonous phenomenon, which is upending longstanding norms and changing the very nature of our society.

This Mothers’ Day, as the mother of two stepsons who came from Guatemala and one son born here, I’m grateful that all three of my children and their father have their papers. That was literally the first thing that crossed my mind after Donald Trump was elected.

Here, we offer new data to show that shifts in which racial groups went to the polls may have made the difference.

Sean McElwee, a policy analyst for Demos and frequent contributor to Salon, published a statistical analysis last week, based on data collected by the American National Election Studies that clearly demonstrates that racism, rather th

Much like Election Day, Tax Day is a shared expression of our democracy enacted by its participants.

This year’s Maryland legislative session will soon end and among the potential unfinished businesses of the session is the Maryland Trust Act. Polls show that this is the type of law that Marylanders would love their leaders to take a stance on as part of the resistance to President Donald Trump’s

Last week I had the privilege of testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. Wth the Court split four-to-four on so many critical issues, the stakes couldn’t be higher. But even beyond issues, what’s at stake with this

There’s a lot happening in the sanctuary movement. These are defining moments in our democracy.

March 23, 2017 (New York, NY) – At the conclusion of the four day Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Heather McGhee, President of Demos, released the following statement: “Today, I had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Judiciary