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Groups of workers employed in service jobs at federal buildings around D.C. are picketing this morning outside the landmark sites at which they are employed over their low wages. The protest, organized by a new group calling itself Good Jobs Nation, includes people who work at federal building food
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Benjamin R. Freed
A handful of food-service workers walked off their jobs in the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on Tuesday morning as part of a day-long protest of low wages paid to federal contract employees. The series of protests, dubbed “Good Jobs Nation,” was in support
In the media
Carol Morello
Annie Gowen
The Senate confirmation vote on Richard Cordray this week won’t have much to do with Richard Cordray.
Blog
Amy Traub
New rules to regulate derivatives, adopted last week by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, are a victory for Wall Street and a setback for financial reform. They may also signal worse things to come.
In the media
The Editorial Board

The key provisions of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) that have successfully allowed millions of eligible voters to register. 

Research
J. Mijin Cha
The National Voter Registration Act set the first ever national standards for mail-in registration and increased the number of places people could register to vote, including motor vehicle and public assistance offices.
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J. Mijin Cha
Since NVRA was passed, citizens can now register to vote when they go to public assistance offices to apply for welfare or disability benefits, or at their local DMV when they apply for a drivers license — hence the nickname “Motor Voter Act” — and also allowed for mailed-in registration forms. The
In the media
Brentin Mock
Though Americans of all ages suffered as a result of the Great Recession, the downturn dealt a particularly harsh blow to young people, as employers opted for suddenly plentiful workers with more experience. As a result, nearly half of the nation’s unemployed are under 34 years old, according to an
In the media
Jillian Berman
New York, NY – As Coloradans celebrate the expansion of their freedom to vote and North Carolinians fight to protect theirs, national public policy institute Demos will mark the 20 th Anniversary of the passage of the National Voter Registration Act, better known as the “Motor Voter” law on Monday
Press release/statement
Let us finally dispel the notion that increased numbers of African American voters, and more broadly all voters of color, headed to the polls in 2008 and 2012 solely because of Barack Obama.
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Michael Jackson