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We Must Remake the Courts

The Right’s latest attempt to ram through a Supreme Court justice is part of a larger strategy to entrench minority rule. Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman explains why, for democracy to survive, we need to reboot and reimagine the judiciary.

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This pandemic has not fallen equally across society. It has magnified crises that have always existed for Black and brown people. Now, more than ever, we need long-term solutions to these longstanding inequities.
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Black to the Ballot 2020: New Vote-By-Mail Policies Lead to New Forms of Voter Suppression

An overview of the vote-by-mail eligibility criteria in Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, and California and the hurdles Black voters may face. 
Voting Rights Organizations Resolve to Protect Florida Voters as State Continues History of Voter Suppression

Voting Rights Organizations Resolve to Protect Florida Voters as State Continues History of Voter Suppression

The state of Florida once again violated its duty to ensure all eligible Floridians can participate in free, fair and safe elections. Thousands of eligible residents will not be able to participate in the November election.
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Accountability Gaps: When Government Inaction Silences Black and Brown Voters

Missing voters aren't missing at all. Many are actually being silenced by bureaucratic barriers and unnecessary logistical hurdles.
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Damon L. Daniels
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Dominant Tech Firms' Concentrated Economic Power Threatens Our Economic Well-being and Democratic Ideals

Written testimony of Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law
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