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This is shaping up to be a truly miserable week in Washington. Decisions made in the halls of Congress and the chambers of the Supreme Court are dramatically shifting power away from working Americans and toward bosses and banks. To anyone paying attention, it’s clearer than ever who benefits from
Blog
Amy Traub
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Heather McGhee of Demos issued the following statement regarding the preview of the Starbucks’ anti-bias training:
Press release/statement
Starbucks said the long-term program is being designed and developed with input from researchers, social scientists, employees and other advisers. Those partners include consultancy SY Partners - which worked with Starbucks to reinvent itself after a business crisis spawned by the “Great Recession”
In the media
Lisa Baertlein
For the last year, we—Demos, Anat Shenker-Osorio (ASO Communications) and Ian Haney López (author of Dog Whistle Politics), —have partnered in an ambitious multi-phase project to build an effective new narrative on race, class, and democracy. The central question we’ve explored is how to engage
Research

Demos’ Race-Class Narrative (RCN) project developed an empirically-tested narrative on race and class that resonates with all working people and offers an alternative to—and neutralizes the use of—dog-whistle racism.

Campaign
"I was first fired for my sexual orientation and gender expression at 19."
Blog
Meghan Maury
Amy Traub
Missouri is not updating voter registration information as required by law. We're seeking to change that.
Blog
Naila Awan
Chiraag Bains

This bill unravels important consumer safeguards that protect American consumers and leaves communities of color particularly vulnerable.

Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub
Vijay Das
Missouri Secretary of State, Department of Revenue in Knowing, Ongoing Violation of the National Voter Registration Act
Press release/statement

Empirical data showing policymakers, organizers, and progressives that there is clear public support for the notion that racism is a divide-and-conquer tactic creating distrust, undermining belief in government, and causing economic pain for everyone, of every color.

Research