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What is the fiduciary rule? In the simplest terms, the fiduciary rule is a new regulation, proposed by the Department of Labor, which requires financial advisors and brokers to act in the best interest of people saving for retirement. Under this rule, when consulting your financial advisor they

Financialization is a major driver of growing inequality and undermines key sources of growth and job creation.

Are States Complying with the Motor Voter Requirements of the National Voter Registration Act?

A functioning democracy requires a government responsive to people considered as political equals. Citizens United flew in the face of that principle.

Dear Mayor de Blasio and Members of the City Council: As leaders in New York City who are concerned about economic and racial injustice, we call on you to enact Intro. 261, The Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act, and to ensure that this legislation does not include unjustified

Demos is a national, non-partisan public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy. Demos’ lawyers, researchers, and advocates have extensive legal and policy expertise on money in politics. These comments are

Five years after the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision, what are the roles of large donors and average voters in selecting and supporting candidates for Congress?

How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence

Democracy has at its heart a basic promise: citizens have an equal voice in deciding who represents them.

More than 1.2 million African Americans in 175 communities across the country have councils that do not descriptively represent them