As 2026 employment data rolls out and we try to make sense of the new year's economy, the U-6 rate offers a less-cited but ...

This analysis shows the policy approaches most likely to reduce inequities in wealth by race, as opposed to exacerbating existing inequities. The dramatic increase in wealth inequality over the past ...

How past racial injustices are carried forward as wealth handed down across generations and reinforced by “color-blind” practices and policies Issues of racial inequity are increasingly at the ...

Over the last ten years, a growing number of cities and states passed laws limiting the use of credit checks in hiring, promotion, and firing. Lawmakers are motivated by a number of well-founded ...

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 ...

The Our Story project is a collaborative effort of over 40 progressive movement organizations to express a shared story, vision, and values of the change we aim to make in the world. The project is ...

The City of Detroit’s bankruptcy was driven by a severe decline in revenues (and, importantly, not an increase in obligations to fund pensions). Depopulation and long-term unemployment caused ...

The freedom to vote is America’s most important political right outside of the original Bill of Rights, and it is also the most hard-won right. In the early years of our republic, only white ...

The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri brought to light a set of racial injustices in the lived daily experiences of the city’s African American residents.1 Attempts to understand ...

Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...

The Demos policy and research team develops race-forward progressive policy ideas and analysis for policymakers and grassroots organizations fighting for economic, social, and political power. We ...

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 system means ...