Initiatives, partnerships, impact.

Democracy is a quarterly journal founded in 2006 as an incubator for new and compelling public policy ideas that promote fairness, economic equality, and a responsive and democratic government. The topics we consider central are rising inequality, the breakdown of the ladder of upward mobility, and the promise and perils of an information-based, globalized economy. Our mission is to build a vibrant and vital progressivism for the twenty-first century that builds on the movement's proud history, is true to its central values, and is relevant to present times.

We do not seek to publish policy papers; we'll leave the important details on budget line items and dollar figures to others. Rather, we seek breakthrough thinking on the concepts and approaches that respond to the central transformations of our time.

Liberals have been at their best when we are both rigorous in looking at the world as it is and vigorous in introducing creative approaches to remake the world as we believe it should be. Democracy is not interested in either reiterating the conventional wisdom or maintaining unity around outdated orthodoxies. We see our role as upsetting tired assumptions, moving past outdated and obsolete divisions, and stretching the envelope of what policies are considered possible.

We have been profiled in The New York Times for our influence on policy-making across multiple administrations, and are notably where Elizabeth Warren first proposed a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Our authors have included Hillary Clinton on democratic health, Lina Khan on anti-monopoly action, Ron Klain on the importance of pandemic preparation (in 2016), and many, many more.