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People's Action and Demos have teamed up to call out the bad corporate actors who are spending big to stop President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda—and subverting the will of the people in the process.
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Sondra Youdelman
Daniella Zessoules
New Report Exposes Corporate Push to Derail Popular, Progressive Provisions in $3.5T Budget Package
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Taifa Smith Butler and Heather McGhee on A Woman's Worth Banner
A commitment to paying Black women what we’re worth isn’t just about money. It’s about making sure we—and our communities—have a seat at the table.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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
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Taifa Smith Butler
I am elated to share this first note with you as president of Demos!
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Taifa Smith Butler
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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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Written testimony of Demos Associate Director of Policy and Research, Amy Traub before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services

Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub
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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.
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Amy Traub

The Executive Order on Racial Equity represents a firm commitment by the Biden Administration to champion racial equity and to advance equitable practices in data collection and data provision.

Testimony and Public Comment
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Corporate and far-right special interests incite deficit fears by manufacturing an artificial crisis around debt. This has consolidated wealth and power in predominantly white corporate hands—and at the expense of Black and brown communities—for decades.
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Amy Traub