The 25 bold must-do policies address the top challenges facing hard-working people across America

Since Donald Trump took office, people who care about equity, opportunity, and infrastructure have been waiting for the other shoe to drop.

DC Fair Elections Act would reign in the influence of big money in our local elections.

Last year, Americans took over 10 billion trips on public transportation. These were trips to work, to school, to stores, to health care, to places of worship, and elsewhere. For millions of Americans, their quality of life rests on the quality of public transit.

Chicago, IL – Today, Heather McGhee, president of Demos, spoke during the Opening Session of the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit, a gathering of civic leaders in Chicago. The following are her remarks, as prepared for delivery. The economy is not the weather. Economic news may come to us like a

The wealth slide is ending for black families

The Republican tax plans are fundamentally about making the super-wealthy wealthier.

Many Americans believe that we have achieved black-white racial economic equality, but the data continue to show that we have a long way to go. For centuries, we have had policies to help white families build wealth at the expense of black families.

The Congressional Black Caucus budget should be implemented because it calls for racial equity in future infrastructure and investments; improving public transit infrastructure, noting that people of color are heavy users of it; and school infrastructure, saying that modernized buildings held reduce

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal for a “fair fix” tax is an exciting development.