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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

Maryland Restores Voting Rights for 40,000

Today, the voters of New Hampshire go to the polls to cast their votes in the first presidential primary. Unfortunately, for the first time, the voters of New Hampshire will face an unnecessary and administratively burdensome photo ID law. Voters in New Hampshire and 15 other states will face new
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Liz Kennedy

Merrill Seeks Automatic Voter Registration At DMV In Bid To Hike Turnout

Political scientists who have studied voter registration have found generally that young and highly mobile people are the ones least likely to be registered. They tend to have lower incomes as well. For example, in a 2015 report, ‘ Why Voting Matters,’ a research associate at Demos, Sean McElwee
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Steve Majerus-Collins

What Clinton and Sanders Are Really Fighting About

The Democratic candidates have revived an old progressive debate about whether big business can be regulated, or must be broken up.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Paid Family Leave Gains Momentum in New York Legislature

Amy Traub, senior policy analyst at Demos, a public policy organization, told the Public News Service that the vast majority of people who work in New York would benefit from paid family leave.
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Teddy Wilson

6 Civil Rights Issues that Never Went Away

The average Black household has fewer resources than the average white one — and the disparity is only getting worse. In 2015, the median wealth of white households was 16 times that of Black households, according to a study from Brandeis University and public policy organization Demos. The numbers
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Lilli Petersen

In Iowa, Voters Win with Same Day Voter Registration

Same Day Registration is powerful means to reduce the barriers to voting, by making registration and voting a one-stop process that doesn’t depend on navigating confusing pre-election deadlines.
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Brenda Wright

Voting Rights Challenges In the Wake of Shelby County

In the summer of 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5-4 margin, struck down one of the most significant provisions of civil rights law ever enacted.
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Naila Awan

Universities Instituting Tuition Freezes in the Face of Declining Enrollment

While that may not be the goal in Tennessee, there is evidence that tuition freezes do lead to other cuts in higher education. One only needs to look to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for evidence, says Mark Huelsman, senior policy analyst at Demos, a public policy think tank. “Scott Walker froze
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Donna Fuscaldo

Momentum Builds in NY for Paid Family Leave

Demos, a public policy organization, just released a brief about the need for paid family leave in New York.
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Andrea Sears

Business Falls Short on Paid Family Leave, But New York Can Take the Lead

Today more than a hundred New Yorkers from a host of organizations will descend on Albany, calling on their elected officials to finally guarantee paid family leave to working people statewide. They’ll argue that for too many New Yorkers, bonding with a new baby or tending to a loved one who is
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Amy Traub