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Demos’s report details how historical and structural racism contributes to higher interest rates and insurance costs for Black and Latinx people, compared to white Americans.

Some presidential candidates' critiques promote unhelpful assumptions about who tuition-free and debt-free college would actually serve. (Spoiler: it's not millionaires and billionaires.)

In 2019, progressive organizations, funders, academics, artists, and more came together to strategize about what must be done to face and address the crises undermining our democracy.

"Through this bill, the maximum Pell Grant would cover 31% of the total cost of college, so it moves us in a better direction."

The Disparate Impact standard is critical to continued and enhanced opportunity to access fair credit, housing, and homeownership. Demos strongly opposes efforts to undermine this longstanding enforcement tool.

An analysis of the House's recently introduced College Affordability Act.

So the next time Democrats complain about lower voter turnout, not just in 53206, but in any beleaguered neighborhood, they might think first about the policies, both old and new, that have served and continue to serve as stumbling blocks for black political participation.

"We have depressed ourselves into a mindset in which $30,000 in debt is acceptable for a degree."

“We have depressed ourselves into a mindset in which $30,000 in debt is acceptable for a degree.”

The future of our planet demands that we recognize our historic inequities and prioritize those who have been most impacted by climate change throughout history.