From protesting outside a courthouse to shaping policy inside the White House, former Dēmos president Sabeel Rahman learned a ...

Former Dēmos president Heather McGhee reflects on how the organization grew from a small experiment in policy advocacy into ...

We need a society that ensures that every person who works receives a living wage and that they also have a genuine voice in ...

Twenty-five years ago, Dēmos was founded on a simple but radical idea: that democracy and the economy should work for ...

"The Court has effectively stripped Black, Latino, Native American, Asian American and other voters of color of the most powerful protection against racial discrimination in redistricting." Dēmos ...

Black women are often the first to feel economic pressure and the last to recover. Their unemployment data is a clearer signal of economic health than any topline indicator. What would be treated as a ...

Former Dēmos president Miles Rapoport reflects on stepping in as the organization’s second president and carrying forward the founders’ vision. Dēmos’ clarion voice and vision for an economy that ...

What would a truly equitable tax code look like? Dēmos breaks down the congressional proposals that could shift resources away from billionaires and toward everyday people. Tax Day is now behind us, ...

"This administration has made it clear that it will attack, persecute, and villainize any person, organization, or group that decries its actions and tries to hold it to account." Yesterday, the U.S.

In the second piece of the series, Dēmos co-founder David Callahan takes us back to the late 1990s—a moment that appeared prosperous on the surface yet held deeper warning signs. The idea for Dēmos ...

This series is a collection of reflections from Dēmos founders, past presidents, and current leadership to mark our 25th Anniversary. Each essay looks back at why our organization was founded and ...