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The SAVE Act would gut third-party voter registration, a method more often used by Black and brown voters and other groups that have historically faced greater hurdles in voting.

Research
Neda Khoshkhoo
Angelo Ancheta

U.S. Tax Code Widens the Racial Wealth Divide

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding
Daniella Zessoules

Lowering the corporate tax rate will cost the country at least $522 billion over 10 years, money that should be invested in public goods that benefit us all, not further enriching the already wealthy.

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding

Today, congressional Republicans are pushing tax reform proposals that would cost the country over $5 trillion and would likely widen the racial wealth gap and slow economic growth.

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding
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Microphones and recording devices gathered around a person
A response to the Trump Administration's closing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an essential way to safeguard consumers against financial injustice.
Press release/statement
Taifa Smith Butler

In a fair tax system, everyone pays their fair share, no one pays more than they can afford, and the government raises enough money to fund public goods that benefit us all, like education, housing, transportation, and health care. But the current tax code is inequitable.

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding
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Bus manufacturer workers under the hood of a bus
A successful union drive at a bus manufacturing company demonstrates how employers listen to their workers much better when their public funding is on the line.
Blog
Nick Wertsch
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Image accompanying an opinion article titled 'Progressives Won’t Help the Working Class by Abandoning Marginalized Groups' by Taifa Butler and Carol Lautier, published by Demos. It shows a crowd of demonstrators sitting closely together, many wearing masks and raising fists in a sign of solidarity.
Leaders must reject false choices rooted in the idea that social and economic advancement is a zero-sum game or that working-class people must spar over scraps while all the spoils go to the elite few.
In the media
Taifa Smith Butler
Carol Lautier, Ph.D.

This resource guide is intended to help advocates and local leaders make common-sense improvements to current voter removal practices and oppose bad bills that limit access to the ballot.

Research
Campaign Legal Center
Common Cause
Demos
Southern Poverty Law Center
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Microphones and recording devices gathered around a person
These executive actions are a clear signal of this administration’s enduring hostility toward the fundamental right to vote, citizenship for immigrants, and empowered workers.
Press release/statement
Taifa Smith Butler