Demos Vice President of Policy and Research Tamara Draut issued the following statement: "After two months of deliberations, hearings, and moving testimonies, the wage board created by Governor Cuomo voted yesterday to recommend a wage increase in a series of steps to $15 an hour by 2018 in New York

The missing link in the inequality debate is not financial stability, but financial domination of the broader economy, what has come to be called “financialization.” Financialization, as a new Demos report demonstrates, is not only measurable by risk and volatility or by the mere expanding volume of

Demos, in proud partnership with fellow racial equity organizations, released the following statement about the HUD's new fair housing rule: "The Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) release of the final 'Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule' is a courageous and necessary step by President

Demos, in proud partnership with fellow racial equity organizations, released the following statement about the King v. Burwell Supreme Court ruling: "We, the undersigned organizations working to advance racial justice and health equity in the United States, are pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court

Common retail practices perpetuate racial inequality, fostering occupational segregation, low pay, unstable schedules, and involuntary part-time work that disproportionately harm people of color in the retail workforce.

No one gets a job as a retail cashier or shopping assistant to get rich. While the retail industry is known for its paltry pay across the board, skin color has an alarming influence on how many raises and promotions a worker receives. White retail workers earn $15.32 an hour, on average, while

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After banning the box last year, the D.C. Council will consider a bill that would prohibit employers from checking an applicant’s credit history during most of the hiring process.

Nine dollars an hour, by the way, is still poverty wages. On that wage, if an employee were working 40 hours per week every week of the year they would make just under $19,000 per year -- still below poverty.

Journalists, wrote Sean McElwee recently in Salon, “write about the things they know and things that interest them and the people who surround them.