From Rita and Katrina to Harvey and Irma, climate change threatens our most vulnerable communities. — By Adrien Salazar and Algernon Austin Climate change means that the extreme weather events we are witnessing, like Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and the heatwave that this week swept California, will be more common and more intense. …

What Charlottesville means for the immigrant movement — By Katherine Culliton-González, Demos Senior Counsel Over the last few days, national headlines, social media posts and local news segments have been dominated by reports of racist slogans and the terrorism of white supremacy. In Charlottesville, former KKK grand wizard David Duke said the white supremacist march that turned violent…

In almost every Nissan auto plant in the world, workers are represented by a union. An exception is voting on union this week. — By Amy Traub, Demos Associate Director, Policy & Research In almost every Nissan auto plant across the world, workers are represented by a union. One exception is the facility in Canton, Mississippi, where Nissan management is bitterly opposing efforts by its predominantly African-American employees to join the United Auto Workers…

Will They Choose Country Over Party Now? — By Adam Lioz, Demos Counsel and Senior Advisor, Policy & Outreach Will conservative politicians’ hypocrisy on election integrity endure through the latest revelations that Donald Trump Jr. sought campaign help from a source he understood to be “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump”? While the Trump…

Poorly conducted research leads to poor findings — and inaccurate reporting — on the impact of minimum wage increases — By Amy Traub, Demos Associate Director, Policy & Research In an otherwise bleak landscape for progressive policy, the Fight for $15 has been one of a very few rays of light. Since the day in 2012 when 200 fast food workers in New York City walked out on strike, calling…

Ivanka’s watered-down plan undermines real efforts to support families with young children — By Amy Traub, Demos Associate Director, Policy & Research According to reports, Ivanka Trump is passionate about paid parental leave. Even as the Trump administration pushes a bill stripping health coverage from 22 million Americans and promotes a budget that slashes funding for basic food, shelter, heating, child care, elder…

D.C. Should Join the 27 States and Cities that Empower Small Donors and Curb the Power of Big-Money Politics — By Emmanuel Caicedo, Demos Senior Campaign Strategist Anyone who pays attention to Washington D.C.’s local politics can tell you that the city is long overdue for meaningful campaign finance reform. …

Connecting a scandal to a broader agenda — By Adam Lioz, Demos Counsel and Senior Advisor, Policy & Outreach What type of cognitive dissonance does it require to create an entire presidential commission to chase phantom cases of illegal voting by non-citizens in the 2016 election and yet studiously ignore the deeply disturbing and concrete evidence of aggressive…

It’s time to look in the mirror. What are we allowing ourselves to become? — By Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos The United States, which is supposed to be a nation of laws, is becoming a nation of bullies. We saw it in the boorish behavior throughout the Trump campaign for president, and we see it today in thuggish groups like the Fraternal…