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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

Millions of Jobs Are Needed to Get to Back to Peak Employment

The more Americans that are working, the healthier our economy. Policymakers and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve are supposed to strive to achieve maximum employment. The governors of the Federal Reserve, however, have begun to raise interest rates to put the brakes on the U.S. economy
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Algernon Austin

The Role of Voter Suppression in the 2016 Election

What happened in 2016? In a recent Monkey Cage piece, I discussed the research Demos is performing with political scientists Bernard Fraga, Brian Schaffner and Jesse Rhodes on how depressed turnout contributed to Trump’s electoral college victory. However, the piece doesn’t discuss what caused that
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Sean McElwee

What If America Really Invested in The Caring Economy?

The nation is experiencing a crisis of care. Across the country, parents are trapped in an economic bind without paid leave or affordable child care, even as older Americans and people with disabilities contend with their own unmet needs for care. At the same time, we face a desperate need for good
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Amy Traub

A Closer Look at How the Trump Budget Slashes Children’s Health Care

About a year ago this month, Trump boasted—in an effort to distinguish himself from his Republican running mates and all GOP candidates before him—that he had no intention of making cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
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Daniella Medina

Want to Help Struggling Student Loan Borrowers? Start with Bankruptcy Reform

It's time to recognize that in a world where most students must borrow for a credential, borrowers should receive the same failsafe protections on these loans as they do on any other consumer loan.
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Mark Huelsman

Statement on Supreme Court decision to hear Husted v. APRI

The Supreme Court granted Ohio’s petition for certiorari in the case of Husted v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). The case addresses Ohio’s Supplemental Process, a practice of targeting voters who fail to vote in a two-year period for eventual cancellation of their registrations – even if
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Use It or Lose It?

A group of civil-rights organizations, including the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the think tank Demos, and the ACLU of Ohio, filed a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted challenging the supplemental process’s legality in early 2016.
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Matt Ford

Is Trump's Budget Actually Friendly to Low-Income Undergrads?

Is President Trump’s budget showing surprising mercy for today’s (and tomorrow’s) college students? Let’s check the tale of the tape.
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Mark Huelsman

Role of Big Money Again Key Theme in Judicial Nomination Fight

Concerns about money in politics continue to drive opposition to Trump’s judicial nominees.
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Adam Lioz

Rebuilding Our Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Today progressive Democrats released a framework for job creation and infrastructure investment that will prepare the United States to thrive in the 21st century.
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Connie M. Razza