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Missing Voters: The Real Threat to Alabama's Democracy

More than 815,000 Alabamians are missing from the electoral process. In this report, Stand Up Mobile, Dēmos, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice examine who's missing, why, and what Alabama must do to fix it.

Research
Beverly Cooper
Dustin Tyler Broughton
Keshia Morris Desir
Jens Manuel Krogstad
Lucy Krueger
Sarah Ovaska
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Recognizing Care as a Public Good

A stronger economy starts with a stronger care system. Treating care as public infrastructure would benefit care recipients, care workers, and caregivers alike, while strengthening the economy for all of us. 

Policy Briefs
Nick Wertsch
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Amicus Brief in Trump v. Barbara

Dēmos submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in Trump v. Barbara challenging the Trump Administration’s executive order to end birthright citizenship.

Testimony and Public Comment
Demos
The Campaign Legal Center
Common Cause

Investing In America's Economy: A Budget Blueprint for Economic Recovery and Fiscal Responsibility

Putting our nation on a path of broad prosperity will require generating new jobs, investing in key areas, modernizing and restoring our revenue base, and greatly increasing the cost efficiency of the health care system. Achieving these goals, however, will require an informed and engaged public to
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Our Fiscal Security

A Dilution of Democracy: Prison-Based Gerrymandering

A long-standing flaw in the decennial census counts more than 2 million people in the wrong place and undermines the “one person, one vote” principle.

Policy Briefs
Heather C. McGhee
Peter Wagner

Voting in 2010: Lessons Learned

From the standpoint of voter access and effective administration, the 2010 elections were in many ways a mixed bag.  There were a number of troubling incidents that occurred including voter intimidation and threats of vote suppression, and the structural barriers to voting that keep participation
Research
Tova Andrea Wang

The Failure of the 401(k): How Individual Retirement Plans are a Costly Gamble for American Workers

A picture of the current state of the private retirement system, why this picture bodes ill for the future of retirement in the country, and why that system needs reform.

Research
Robert Hiltonsmith

Discrediting Workers: How Credit Reports are Distorting the Job Market, Prolonging Unemployment, and Denying Equal Opportunity to Workers

Economic insecurity has become the “new normal” in America. Ten million Americans are out of work, and the vast majority of Americans have seen their incomes stagnate or decline over the past decade. Demos’ extensive research on credit card debt among middle- and low-income households has found that
Research
Shawn Fremstad

Trends In Revenue And The Fiscal Condition

Left out of the debate about the U.S.
Research
Tamara Draut
Robert Hiltonsmith

Sick and In the Red: Medical Debt and Its Economic Impact

For many years, health care costs have been steadily rising. As employers have moved into insurance coverage options with greater out-of-pocket expenses or have stopped providing health care coverage altogether, American families have struggled with the burden of health care costs. 
Research
Jose Garcia
Mark Rukavina

Understanding the Federal Deficit and the National Debt

STABILIZING THE DEBT: SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM POLICY
Research
Tamara Draut
Robert Hiltonsmith
Becky Theiss

The Investment Deficit

In the last thirty years, our nation has experienced a paradox of productivity and progress. Productivity, driven by extraordinary growth in technology and an increased push towards consumption, has nearly tripled. Meanwhile social, environmental, and educational progress has stalled.
Policy Briefs
Tamara Draut
Robert Hiltonsmith

Social Security: It's Built to Last

Social Security remains our nation’s key source of retirement income for most Americans. The program’s overall health is sound and with relatively modest tweaks to the program’s financing, we can strengthen the system for generations to come.

Policy Briefs
Tamara Draut
Robert Hiltonsmith