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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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Immigrants and Constitutional Rights: What the Recent Attacks on Immigrants Mean for Our Democracy

The administration’s detention and removal of immigrants without free speech, due process, and judicial authority is a crisis for immigrants and a sign that our democracy is in peril.
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Angelo Ancheta
A broken megaphone wrapped in red tape that is dotted with I Voted stickers

“Show Me Your Papers” Bills Like the SAVE Act Are Gaining Popularity—And Would Disenfranchise Millions

These proof of citizenship bills capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment and perpetuate outright lies to justify restrictive practices that will make it harder for everyone to vote.
Blog
Neda Khoshkhoo
Tax themed monopoly board shows a rich person running away with money bags, leaving a working family at square one

Taxes Explained Series Wrap-Up: Trump’s Tax Plan Is Bad Policy and Bad Politics

Our Taxes Explained series aims to make tax policy clear and accessible. We want people to know what’s at stake and understand how Trump’s tax cuts are designed specifically to benefit the ultra-rich and corporations.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Illegal Executive Order Would Make it Harder for Everyone to Vote

Trump’s Executive Order would likely exclude communities of color and low-income voters from the ballot and hurt all voters.
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Taifa Smith Butler
Microphones and recording devices gathered around a person

Closing the CFPB Would Harm Working People, Empower Bad Corporate Actors

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
Bus manufacturer workers under the hood of a bus

Leveraging Public Funding to Strengthen Worker Protections

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.
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Nick Wertsch
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Progressives Won’t Help the Working Class by Abandoning Marginalized Groups

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.
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Taifa Smith Butler
Carol Lautier, Ph.D.
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Dēmos Statement on President Trump’s Sweeping Anti-Democracy Executive Orders

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
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Dēmos Statement on the Presidential Inauguration

The concurrence of today’s presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. Day underscores the promise of the multiracial democracy Dr. King envisioned and highlights the stark test our country is about to embark on.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Public Banks for Public Good: Transformative Investments to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Dēmos and New Economy Project explore how public banking can expand opportunities for communities of color to build shared generational and community wealth.
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Lydia Casmier Anway
Andy Morrison