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.

Home ownership is commonly understood as the quintessential marker of having arrived in the middle class: a family’s home is often the single largest asset that they own and has traditionally served as an important vehicle for wealth accumulation and economic security. 

Give states additional Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to double the number of children served by child care assistance, make the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit refundable, and expand Head Start and Early Head Start.

Dramatic new public policy initiatives are needed to accomplish two broad interrelated goals: to ensure that all Americans have a chance to move into the middle class and, second, to ensure greater security for those in the middle class.

President Trump should follow the letter of the law and allow the Senate to confirm a new Director of the CFPB. 

This bill unravels important consumer safeguards that protect American consumers and leaves communities of color particularly vulnerable.

26 state policies for a race-forward, populist agenda to empower all Americans.

Advocates and policymakers are frequently asked how they plan to pay for progressive policy investments. This memo provides guidance on how to respond.