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, ...

Juneteenth isn't just about celebrating freedom — it's a reminder of the moral consequences of power-hoarding systems and ...

Regardless of where one’s political views lie, elected officials should be able to do their jobs and constituents should be ...

The median hourly wage of today’s working class is $15.75—a full $1.44 less than in 1980, after adjusting for inflation. 15 Today more than one-third of full-time workers earn less than $15 an hour, ...

Americans of all political backgrounds agree: there is way too much corporate money in politics. Nine in 10 Americans (89%) agree with that statement, and 51 percent strongly agree. More than 80 ...

Introduction and Selected Findings. By now, the images and stories are familiar. In April 2018, just as they were setting off on a campus tour at Colorado State University, Thomas Kanewakeron Gray and ...

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 ...

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, ...

Evaluating a spectrum of states for their voter removal practices related to an important but often overlooked voting barrier: voter purges. Purges played a part in more than 19 million voters being ...

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 ...

Executive actions the new administration can take to help ensure the integrity of our elections and strengthen opportunities for civic participation for Black and brown Americans. The assault on our ...