Demos’ Race-Class Narrative (RCN) project developed an empirically-tested narrative on race and class that resonates with all working people and offers an alternative to—and neutralizes the use of—dog-whistle racism.

The left-leaning think tank Demos recently offered a bold, but seemingly obvious, proposition: Just scrap the private credit scoring system, and replace it with a government agency, accountable to the public.

LGB+ Voices in the 2019 Black Census

New York State is in the midst of a housing crisis. Right now, there is a policy platform under consideration that could address the crisis.

The Black Futures Lab’s Black Census Project is the largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States since Reconstruction.

Demos is calling on policymakers to aggressively invest in affordable rental housing units to help American families build wealth.

"A lot of things need to go right for middle-class workers on their way to financial independence."

Private credit reporting is failing for all of us who must rely on credit reports produced by for-profit companies to navigate financial transactions. For communities of color, credit scores evoke the decades of bank redlining and unequal access to credit whose impact persists to this day.

Senator Elizabeth Warren just unveiled the first plan of the 2020 election cycle that comprehensively addresses both college affordability and student loan debt simultaneously.

President K. Sabeel Rahman explains why Demos works on racial equity, an inclusive democracy, and an economy free of barriers.