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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 ...
In this report, Dēmos and Southern Coalition for Social Justice expose a crisis in North Carolina's democracy and its voter ...
The working class today is much more complex and diverse than the white, male, manufacturing archetype often evoked in popular narratives.
DURHAM, N.C. - Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and Dēmos, a national nonprofit public policy organization, ...
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 ...
A look at the policies of the Inclusive Democracy Agenda, why they are needed, and how we went about developing them.
Erosion of Chevron deference would be a massive win for corporations and the conservative legal movement, at the expense of the public interest. Federal agencies would have less power to enact ...
Evaluating ten states across a spectrum of voter removal practices on an important but often overlooked voting barrier: voter purges.
For decades, GDP has enjoyed supreme status as the predominant benchmark of our economic and social progress. In reality, GDP obscures or ignores essential aspects of Americans’ economic and social ...
What is GDP and How Is It Used? GDP measures the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located within the U.S. during a given time period. 1 It was developed in the 1930s as a ...
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 ...