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Threats to Ballot Access: New Report Examines Risks of Wrongful Voter Removals Across the Country

Dēmos examines ballot access issues, voter suppression in AZ, GA, OH, CA, IN, WI, MI, NC, TX, LA 

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August 10, 2023

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Unfinished Business: Revisiting Dodd-Frank and the Path to Economic Progress

On the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, we reflect on recent banking failures and the inequities inherent in our current financial system. 

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Daniella Zessoules
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A Supreme Court Power Grab: Attacking Federal Agencies to Advance an Extremist Agenda

Why the Court's decision to limit the EPA's power to regulate water access is yet another case of eroding the power of the other branches of government at the expense of Black and brown people.

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Ashley Tjhung
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Supreme Court's Rejection of Affirmative Action Widens the Divide: Dēmos Calls for Renewed Efforts to Combat Systemic Racism

“The 14th Amendment is supposed to be a shield against racism, and now it’s being used as a sword.” 

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Taifa Smith Butler
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What the Black Unemployment Rate Tells Us (When We Can See It)

While the government shutdown left us without recent economic data, the rising Black unemployment rate reveals essential truths about the state of our economy.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Economic and Political Power: Making the Cycle Virtuous, Not Vicious

For too long, the wealthy and powerful have used the cycle of economic and political power to enrich themselves and entrench their control. In this piece, Dēmos president Taifa Smith Butler envisions a more virtuous cycle of power.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Dēmos and Dēmos United Announce Voluntary Recognition of Staff Union

Dēmos and Dēmos United announce that they have reached a voluntary recognition agreement effective November 4, 2025.
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Demos
Dēmos United
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Wealth—and the Security it Brings—Is Unequally Distributed by Race

While the longest shutdown in U.S. history leaves millions of Americans with missed paychecks and mounting bills, this piece explores why we must build wealth for all, especially for communities that have been historically kept from economic opportunity.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Worker-Driven Social Responsibility: A Model That Builds Power for Workers on the Margins

Amid ongoing attacks on worker protections and enforcement, worker-driven social responsibility programs offer alternative, scalable pathways to building collective power for workers across industries.
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Nick Wertsch
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Molly, You in Danger, Girl

A dangerous authoritarian shift is unfolding in real time. Dēmos President, Taifa Smith Butler, calls us to mobilize and act together to defend our democracy.
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Taifa Smith Butler
Economic Indicators #2: Immigrants and US-Born Workers

Workers are Losing Out, But It's Not Because of Immigrants

Structural imbalances—not immigrants—are what keeps working people from seeing their fair share of economic gains.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Statement on Supreme Court Decision Lifting Temporary Ban on ICE Racial Profiling, ‘Roving Patrols’ 

With this decision, the Court has further eroded our norms and beliefs regarding democracy, our rights under the Constitution, and the courts’ role in upholding those rights.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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One Number Can't Explain the Economy, but the Black Women's Unemployment Rate is a Good Place to Start

For decades, labor market data has shown a difficult truth: Our economy has never worked for everyone —especially Black women.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Court Grants Motion to Block Florida’s Voter Suppression Bill HB 1205

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Latino Justice
Poder Latinx
Demos