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Today, Demos proposed establishing a public credit registry, housed in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as an essential part of a larger effort to reshape rules around debt and lending in order to reduce racial wealth inequality.
Press release/statement

New York State’s Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) is a bold climate action policy for the people of New York.

Policy Briefs
Lew Daly
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Not only will this Act help avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it will create hundreds of thousands of good jobs.
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A conversation on antitrust law as guardrails on capitalism at Bold v Old in Washington DC. The conversation includes an overview of the history of anti-trust law, why and how anti-trust law became broken, and more.
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
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College building
"I think this does pull back the curtain around some things that people intuitively know to be true—like, privilege tends to reproduce itself."
In the media
Alex Norcia
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The US Capitol in Washington, DC.
The marquee bill, which features improvements to voting, campaign finance, and ethics laws, addresses the deep political, racial, and economic inequalities that plague our democracy.
Press release/statement
K. Sabeel Rahman
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Cap and gowned students facing away at a graduation ceremony
The bill would create a federal-state partnership to help students pay for the full costs of attendance without having to take on debt.
Press release/statement
Mark Huelsman

The white, wealthy donor class that fuels Baltimore's elections

Research
Laura Williamson
On Friday, February 15, Lew Daly, Senior Policy Analyst at Demos, testified in support of New York State’s Climate and Community Protection Act. Following is Daly’s statement on the bill: New York State’s Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) is a bold and necessary climate action policy for
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Loans may be one solution for helping students afford college and increase achievement, but grants that don't have to be repaid is another. The researchers are working on a new study that examines the academic effects of federal loans versus grant aid and agree that the effects of the federal Pell
In the media
Ashley A. Smith