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States work to curb the financial background checks that can keep the unemployed out of work. After two years of working in a temporary job as customer-service representative, Debra Banks was offered the job permanently. She was sent a hire letter, set a start date, and confirmed her new salary. But

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New York, NY – Today, as Congressional battles threaten the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the national policy center Demos published a new report that shows how failures of the credit reporting system — and the increasing use of the system's credit reports and scores for non

This report reveals the extent of credit information “mission creep,” examines troubling shortcomings in the for-profit credit reporting industry, and recommends common sense steps to reform the credit reporting system.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2011 CONTACT: Anna Pycior, [email protected], (914) 330-1103 Demos Statement on Maine Election Day Registration Repeal Steven Carbó, Senior Program Director in the Democracy Program at the non-partisan policy organization Demos issued the following statement today in

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2011 CONTACT: Lauren Strayer, [email protected], (212) 389-1413 Judy Putnam, [email protected], (517) 487-5436

For Immediate Release June 15, 2011 Contact & RSVP: Anna Pycior, [email protected], (212) 389-1408 Alex Amend, [email protected], (917) 822-7405 Lauren Strayer, [email protected], (734) 904-1704 Growth & Justice and Demos Show How Minnesotans Face Falling Earnings, Lack of Good Jobs, and Decreasing

The American Dream used to mean that if you put in a hard day’s work, you could expect good wages, benefits, and a better life for your kids. But the kinds of jobs that can provide a solid middle-class life in return for hard work are in short supply—unemployment is up, earnings are down, and hard