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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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Getting Power Is Not Enough. Here Is How We Keep It.

A Third Reconstruction that lasts can only be made by and for the people.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Unemployment Is Down. But the Labor Market May Be Weaker Than It Looks

In our latest analysis, we look beyond the headline unemployment rate to examine declining labor force participation, with particular attention to Black women, whose participation has fallen sharply in recent months.
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Daniella Zessoules
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The Voting Rights Act at 61: What We’ve Lost, What Remains, and What Comes Next

The VRA is gutted, not gone. But what still holds is not enough.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Who the Unemployment Rate Leaves Out

A low unemployment rate doesn't always mean everyone who wants to work has a fair chance to do so. Read our latest analysis to learn why looking beyond the headline numbers is essential to understanding the health of the labor market.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Profit Over People: How Private Prisons and ICE Harm Communities and Democracy

Private prison corporations helped buy ICE's blank check, and they are cashing in on it. Closing the campaign finance loopholes that let federal contractors bankroll politicians is a necessary first step toward a government accountable to people rather than profits.
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Joshua Harmon
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Radical Citizenship: The Beginning of an Authentic American Democracy

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Taifa Smith Butler
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Birthright Citizenship Upheld in a Victory for Democracy

In a major victory for democracy and constitutional protections, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to strip birthright citizenship rights. Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler called the decision essential to building an inclusive democracy where all Americans have
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Taifa Smith Butler
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The Labor Market is Leaving Black Teens Behind

A healthy labor market should create pathways to employment, especially for young people seeking their first job.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Solving the Affordability Crisis Begins with Giving People More Control of Our Economy

From high gas prices to unaffordable housing, families are struggling to make ends meet. The concentration of power in this country has sent our economy out of whack, but we know how to fix it.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Looking Under the Hood: Rising Long-Term Unemployment

This installment of our Economic Indicator Series examines why long-term unemployment matters, what it reveals about the true health of the labor market, and how persistent disparities in unemployment duration deepen existing racial inequities over time.
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Daniella Zessoules