Stephen Heintz, one of Dēmos’ founding presidents, reminds us why the work of building a multiracial democracy and inclusive ...

In the second piece of the series, Dēmos co-founder David Callahan takes us back to the late 1990s—a moment that appeared ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Dēmos President ...

A new report exposes the barriers pushing more than 815,000 Alabamians out of the electoral process — and offer commonsense solutions to bring them back in.

Stephen Heintz, one of Dēmos’ founding presidents, reminds us why the work of building a multiracial democracy and inclusive ...

More than 815,000 Alabamians are missing from the electoral process. In this report, Stand Up Mobile, Dēmos, and SCSJ examine ...

More than 815,000 Alabamians are missing from the electoral process. In this report, Stand Up Mobile, Dēmos, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice examine who's missing, why, and what Alabama must ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

Emerging concerns about mass challenger data programs highlight that flawed data methodologies may put voters without stable housing at risk of having their registrations questioned or canceled.