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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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Report: Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Requirements Are Much Costlier than Expected

As states across the country consider Documentary Proof of Citizenship (DPOC) requirements in the wake of the federal SAVE Act’s reintroduction, one fundamental issue has gone largely overlooked: What do these laws actually cost states?
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Demos
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How Community Organizing Can Stop Authoritarianism and Advance Justice

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Sulma Arias
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Why We Must Defend the Fourteenth Amendment

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential.
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DaMareo Cooper
Analilia Mejia
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Forging a Path to Democracy with Labor and Solidarity at the Center

To build the democracy we never had, activating people power—animated by an inclusive vision for our economy, especially through labor unions—is essential.
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Darrick Hamilton
Dorian Warren
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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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Why the Struggle for a Third Reconstruction Remains the Struggle for Our Times

At a time of racial justice backlash, a call for a full-throated multiracial democracy may seem audacious—it’s also a necessary movement to preserve US democracy at all.
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Dr. Peniel Joseph
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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
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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