This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...

"These cuts to lifesaving safety net programs and critical infrastructure, are not meant to improve the lives of everyday ...

Dēmos president Taifa Smith Butler released the following statement following President Trump’s signing of the budget reconciliation bill: “Let’s be clear: this bill will have a catastrophic impact on ...

We're celebrating 25 years of work to advance a bold vision for a just and inclusive democracy and economy that reflects a growing and diversifying nation. Read Taifa Smith Butler's reflection on ...

The median white adult who attended college has 7.2 times more wealth than the median black adult who attended college and 3.9 times more wealth than the median Latino adult who attended college.

DURHAM, N.C. - Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and Dēmos, a national nonprofit public policy organization, ...

The new working class is more racially diverse than it was decades ago, with more than 41 percent comprising African Americans (13 percent), Latinos (22 percent), and Asian Americans (4 percent). It’s ...

Key Findings The notion that all citizens have a voice in our country’s governance is at the center of the American ideal of democracy. Yet the role of corporate and private money in our political ...

Similarly, turnout dropped by 47 percent among the lowest income bracket, but only 31 percent among the highest income bracket between 2012 and 2014 (see Figure 2). While 52 percent of those earning ...

GDP also does not capture the value added by volunteer work, and does not capture the value of caring for one’s own children. For example, if a family hires someone for childcare, that counts in GDP ...

Click to Enlarge And yet, we find that many selective public institutions—the colleges that receive the most public and private resources within a state, whose alumni often become titans of industry ...

Certiorari: An order by which a higher court reviews a lower court’s decision. In this report, certiorari is mainly used in the context of the Supreme Court reviewing a lower court decision. Emergency ...