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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

Climate Change and Infrastructure Investments Are People-of-Color Issues

People of color are being hit “first and worst” by the impacts of climate change.
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Algernon Austin

Demos Statement on Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

April 28, 2017 (New York, NY) – As President Donald Trump’s first one hundred days come to a close, Heather McGhee, President of Demos, a New York based public policy think tank, issued the following statement:
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A Domestic State of Emergency on Climate Change

Donald Trump’s election came at the worst possible time in so many ways. In a spectacular litany of truly awful aims, including mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, repealing Obamacare, retracting federal oversight of abusive local policing, undoing Obama-era banking reforms, and much more
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Lew Daly

Today in Congress: Choice for Wall Street and Flexibility for Corporate America

From the chambers of the House Financial Services Committee, we hear that consumers are losing “ econom
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Amy Traub

This Week in Congress: Choice for Wall Street and Flexibility for Corporate America

Soaring rhetoric about freedom and choice is everywhere on Capitol Hill this week.
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Amy Traub

Latino/as are Key to the Future of Climate Change Policies

As we approach the Peoples Climate March on April 29, Americans are expressing concern about climate change at the highest levels ever reported. A recent Gallup report shows that concern for global warming is at a three-decade high.
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Juhem Navarro-Rivera

Demos Statement on Trump’s Reckless Tax Plan

April 26, 2017 (New York, NY) – In response to Donald Trump’s proposed tax plan, Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy & Research at Demos, a NY based public policy think tank, issued the following statement: “This tax proposal shows once again that Donald Trump is no populist, but rather is hewing
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There’s no such thing as a blue or red state. Let’s talk about real life instead

The division that threatens to split this country in two is not between red and blue states, or between rural and urban areas – it is between the way we discuss politics and the realities of American lives, none of which fit into tidy categories. Contrary to popular narratives, you can be a
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Sarah Smarsh

African American Men Should Be Very Worried about Self-Driving Vehicles

On the impact of the self-driving technology on people who drive for a living.
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Algernon Austin

First 100 Days

While Trump and his allies can debate his progress elsewhere, there’s little dispute that the president’s congressional agenda has been a wreck so far. His glaring failure to sign any major legislation or at least make significant progress on a signature bill stands out among modern presidents. [
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Jim Lo Scalzo