Extreme wage gaps within the fast food industry has made its sector the most unequal in the American economy

African Americans remain disproportionately excluded from corporate and nonprofit board membership in New York City.

While GDP has been steadily increasing, indicating a growing economy, other metrics of progress show a very different picture.

Demos and Young Invincibles partnered to complete the State of Young America report, the first comprehensive look at the economic challenges facing young adults since the Great Recession. 

How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence

The dominance of big money in our politics makes it far harder for people of color to exert political power and effectively advocate for their interests as both wealth and power are consolidated by a small, very white, share of the population.

This Explainer explores how the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used in measuring our economic growth and whether alternative measures are also needed to provide a more comprehensive outlook of economic progress.  

This Demos Explainer explores the tension between political support for deficit reduction versus job creation and economic security policies. 

Millions are working hard to move forward, or just to make ends meet, and getting nowhere. This policy agenda can change that reality.

Now is the time for citizens, workers, employers, and policymakers to come together once again to rebuild pathways to the middle class, create good jobs with fair pay and decent benefits, and ensure that prosperity is broadly shared for the next generation.