Sort by

Explore More

Current federal policy falls well short of the robust agenda we need to lift up working families of all races, but we know how to change that.
Blog
Adam Lioz

An outline of Demos' approach to engaging across climate and equity issues, their respective fields, and partners working in the fields.

Research
A system of “justice” cannot operate with true legitimacy this way.
In the media
Vijay Das
Naila Awan
Several policy organizations have urged that institutions be held more accountable for the success of their students who get Pell Grants. [...] Many who do enroll end up worse off than they started out, struggling to repay loans they took out to pay for educations they never finished; Pell
In the media
Jon Marcus
But the poll released this week suggests the debate is going on separately from how Americans experience student debt, said Mark Huelsman, a senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank. And indeed, there are many reasons why voters may be feeling anxious over student debt.
In the media
Jillian Berman
Image
Group of people backlit at sunset
People of color suffer direct and damaging impacts from laws, policies, and practices that exclude them from full and equal participation in the labor market and the workplace.
Blog
Amy Traub
Union groups and other campaigners see such moves as an attack on their power to secure higher wages for workers. “[This is] an often low-paid and vulnerable workforce of predominantly women of color who do critical work helping seniors and people with disabilities with daily tasks,” said Amy Traub
In the media
Mike Elk
Rather than try to dismantle one of the few tools we have to keep this problem from getting worse, this administration should take a more nuanced and comprehensive approach toward making our campuses more reflective of our society, particularly for the most diverse generation of students ever.
In the media
Mark Huelsman
Employers pay black women who work full-time, year-round just 63 cents for each dollar they pay to non-Hispanic white men.
Blog
Amy Traub

Both economic and racial justice are core progressive priorities, but too often we discuss them separately. On the contrary, racial and economic harms are intertwined, as are our desired solutions to them. Wealthy elites exploit racial fears to turn working people against each other and government

Research