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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

Billions in Campaign Spending at Stake in Hearing on Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

Whomever is confirmed to the lifetime appointment will have a decisive vote on whose voices carry weight in our democracy.
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Adam Lioz

How SCOTUS Campaign Finance Rulings 'Distorted' US Democracy

Published by public policy organization Demos, Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly from Supreme Court Rulings quantifies for the first time the direct impact of the Supreme Court's four most significant money-in-politics cases, using the highly competitive presidential race, as well
In the media
Lauren McCauley

Concerned About the Oversized Role of Money in Politics? Three Questions Senators Must Ask Judge Gorsuch

1. Do you agree that wealthy donors translating their massive economic power directly into political influence is a problem that should be taken into account when considering rules governing spending on elections?
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Allie Boldt

Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Puts the Rights of Corporations over Individuals

[...] Judge Gorsuch’s approach “has created a system in which single individuals and corporations can spend tens of millions of dollars to influence elections, and in which candidates and elected officials are significantly more responsive to the priorities of an elite donor class than to Americans
In the media
Bill Corriher

Voting Rights Advocates Announce Agreement With State of Nevada To Modernize Voter Registration Opportunities

Memorandum of Understanding Will Bring Nevada into Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act
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Senate kills Obama regulation protecting government contractors from labor violations

The Senate voted Monday to kill an Obama administration rule aimed at curbing labor violations among government contractors. Two years in the making, the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule was targeted by Republican lawmakers 10 days after Donald Trump’s inauguration. The House voted to excise it on
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Maryam Jameel
Elizabeth Hernandez

The Cost Of Being Black; Understanding The Racial Wealth Gap

A new report from the public policy think tank Demos and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University found that often, the go-to solutions cited to address economic inequality, do not close the wealth gap between whites and blacks and Latinos.
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Tom Hall
Bridget Armstrong

Civil Rights Groups Threaten to Sue New York Over Voting Rights Violations

In a letter sent Tuesday to the New York State Board of Elections and DMV, the groups accused the DMV of flouting a federal law requiring that citizens be able to register to vote whenever they apply for, renew, or change their address on a driver's license or state-issued identification card.[...]
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Chris Fuchs

New York in Violation of "Motor Voter" Law and the Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Groups Call on State to Fix Voter Registration at DMV, or Face Litigation
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Congressional Republicans Work To Repeal Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order

Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration apparently believe that extremely basic workplace protections are too onerous to ask U.S. businesses to uphold.
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Robert Hiltonsmith