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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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

Democrats need to win over young voters. Here's how they can do that

Addressing the needs of these drop-off voters and young non-voters, while reducing structural and political barriers to voting, are critical steps for the Democrats going forward, far more so than trying to win back Obama-to-Trump voters.
In the media
Sean McElwee
Causten E. Rodriguez-Wollerman

The Shocking Hypocrisy of Trump Allies on Voting and Russia

What type of cognitive dissonance does it require to create an entire presidential commission to chase phantom cases of illegal voting by noncitizens in the 2016 election and yet studiously ignore the deeply disturbing and concrete evidence of aggressive attempts to skew our elections by a hostile
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Adam Lioz

Improving Infastructure Requires Private Investment

Amy Traub for Demos: If you want to make crime pay — and get a lighter penalty if you're caught — you're better off cheating your employees out of their fair wages than trying to nick the latest video game console or pair of designer shoes off the shelves of your local retailer. [...]
In the media
The Staff

Is Bill Gates Worth More Than the Bottom Half of Black America?

This difference stems largely from the historical advantages built into whiteness, and the severe historical economic cost of blackness. Many of these advantages were covered in the Demos and IASP report titled " The Asset Value of Whiteness."
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Antonio Moore

This is the Day Undocumented Families Won the Right to Equal Access to Education (Plyler v. Doe)

In Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection clause protects the rights of undocumented immigrants to equal access to public education.
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Katherine Culliton-González
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Wage Theft vs. Shoplifting: Guess Who Goes to Jail?

If you want to make crime pay—and get a lighter penalty if you’re caught—you’re better off cheating your employees out of their fair wages than trying to nick the latest video game console or pair of designer shoes off the shelves of your local retailer. That’s the conclusion of my new Demos
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Amy Traub

The Second Time’s a Charm for Automatic Voter Registration in Illinois

Illinois also becomes one of 4 states (Colorado, Connecticut and Vermont) to offer both AVR and Same-Day Registration (SDR). These reforms in tandem complement each other in the effort to best expand voter access and increase turnout.
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Damon L. Daniels

Loving v. Virginia—50 Years Later We Still Must Fight for Racial Justice

Thanks to the bravery of Richard and Mildred Loving, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court held that laws prohibiting interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process protections of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Blog
Katherine Culliton-González

New York obstructs genuine democracy: Republicans and the IDC are blocking reforms that would amplify ordinary voters' voices

New York should be expanding voters’ rights, demonstrating what real democracy looks like. We should ensure working moms and dads, immigrants and people of color have equal access and voice in our electoral system. In the face of an imminent federal onslaught, we should be saying unequivocally that
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Heather C. McGhee
Hector Figueroa

House votes to roll back post-2008 financial rules

"The CHOICE Act would lead our nation in the wrong direction, further skewing our public policies towards the interests of top donors and away from the needs of working families and people of color as a whole", Demos associate policy director Amy Traub said in a statement prior to the vote.
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Johnny Bowman