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"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 ...
In this report, Dēmos and Southern Coalition for Social Justice expose a crisis in North Carolina's democracy and its voter ...
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 ...
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 ...
This paper is the first in a series of short pieces from Demos concerning the dynamics of social exclusion and the relationship between individual instances of hostility towards people of color in the ...
Campaign finance laws protect our democracy from corruption and preserve the integrity of our elections. These rules governing the use of money in politics were in a sorry state before Citizens United ...
Data Capitalism and Algorithmic Racism Even before the global pandemic drastically increased reliance on communications technology for working, learning, shopping, and socializing at a distance, ...
MYTH: Instead of expanding the Supreme Court, we should focus on lower court expansion. It is critically important to expand the lower courts to bring their capacity in line with current caseloads and ...
In 2016, President Obama declared a state of emergency over the contamination of the water system in Flint, Michigan, a poor, majority-black city. 1 The crisis was seen as a failure of the government ...