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“Not only are students of color more likely to borrow more for a degree, and borrow in higher amounts for the same degree, but they’re more likely to struggle to repay student loans than white students."

“Not only are students of color more likely to borrow more for a degree, and borrow in higher amounts for the same degree, but they’re more likely to struggle to repay student loans than white students."

Campaign finance reforms help address the racial and economic injustices that continue to plague our democracy.

The justice system has been deployed against people of color to imprison would-be-voters and keep political power in the hands of white men.

Felony disenfranchisement is as senseless as it is cruel. It subverts a person’s fundamental right to participate in the democratic process.

"Regardless of dollar amount, the existence of debt is far riskier for low-income and middle-income households."

The dramatic rise in student loan debt has placed unacceptable risk on working-class families and on people of color, who must take on more debt for the same degree as white students.

"The potential of this plan is that it increases public investment back to levels we saw when college was much more affordable, and it pegs it to a price for students."

"The justification for student debt as the primary way we pay for college has been in part based on the assumption that we’ll have consumer protections in place, and we’ll try to make it as painless as possible for people."

Demos is calling on policymakers to aggressively invest in affordable rental housing units to help American families build wealth.