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“The EAC is responsible for creating voting systems guidelines that are intended to help ensure the accuracy and accessibility and security of voting systems that states use,” Brenda Wright, vice president for policy and legal strategies for the public policy group Demos, said in a phone interview.
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Celeste Katz
Clinton’s gun-control positions also appear to have hurt her among voters who flipped from Obama in 2012 to Trump four years later. Demos analyst Sean McElwee constructed an index of views on gun policy. Using data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, he created a logistical model to
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George Zornick
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 for $15 an hour and the right to join a union, cities and states across the country have
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Amy Traub
This matters because the super rich and the rich have a disproportionate influence on public policy.
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Algernon Austin
According to reports, Ivanka Trump is passionate about paid parental leave.
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Amy Traub
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.
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Emmanuel Caicedo

How 27 states, counties, and municipalities empower small donors and curb the power of big money in politics

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Juhem Navarro-Rivera
Emmanuel Caicedo

All money in politics events should be planned in a way that elevates the most marginalized voices.

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Jasmine Gomez
Allie Boldt
Historically, organizing to get big money out of politics has been driven largely by older, white, and male leaders, frequently missing the voices of those who are the most marginalized by the failings of our democracy.
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Allie Boldt
In a recent study, I compared the damage from shoplifting with that from just one form of wage theft, the failure to pay workers the legal hourly minimum.
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Amy Traub