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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

The Real Reason People Would Rather Eat a Tarantula than Pay Off Their Student Loans

Like teens gathered around a slumber party campfire, pollsters and news outlets appear to be turning toward a giant game of “would you rather” to help understand the student debt mess.
In the media
Jillian Berman

Federal Court Says North Carolina Likely Violated "Motor Voter" Law

Election Officials Ordered to Protect Citizens Who Tried to Register through the DMV
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Ideología: The Roots of Latino Dissatisfaction

Latino/a voters’ main concerns are of an economic nature such as education and health care, but the high importance placed on issues like terrorism and immigration suggests that Latino/as are also concerned about cultural changes in the country. I argue that these worries are the roots of the
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Juhem Navarro-Rivera

Voting Rights Advocates Call on Tennessee to Stop Purging Infrequent Voters

NEW YORK, NY- Last Friday, advocates from Demos, a civil rights and public policy organization, sent a letter to the Tennessee Secretary of State, advising him that the state’s policy of purging voters for their failure to vote violates federal law.
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Generation Screwed: How Millennials Are Being Exploited by Our Political System

Few pundits are willing to acknowledge just how disadvantaged young adults are today.
In the media
Tamara Draut

Voters Illegally Removed from Ohio Rolls May Cast Provisional Ballots

A federal judge in Ohio laid out a plan on Wednesday for the state to restore voting privileges for people who were illegally removed from the state's voter rolls over the past five years.
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Sharon Bernstein

Illegally Purged Ohio Voters to be Allowed to Vote

A federal court ordered Ohio Secretary of State John Husted to allow the many thousands of infrequent voters the state has purged from the voter rolls over the last several years to vote in this year’s Presidential Election.
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Florida Motor Vehicle Offices are Violating Federal Voting Rights Law

Citing clear evidence that Florida residents have been denied the opportunity to register to vote or update their registrations, we sent a pre-litigation notice letter today.
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Ideología: Latino Millennials a Challenge for Political Parties

The Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project recently released its 2016 Latino National Survey. The poll includes questions about Latino/as partisan and ideological identification and their attitudes toward the two major political parties.
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Juhem Navarro-Rivera

Driving 100 Miles, and Other Ways It's Harder for Native Americans to Vote

Native Americans rank lower than any other ethnic group in the US for voter turnout, and it’s not because they’re less passionate about voting. There’s a long history of changes in voter rights laws in several states which has made it harder for them to take advantage of this constitutional right.
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Meghan Werft