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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

How the One Percent is Systematically Destroying the Middle Class

The idea of a property-owning democracy has long roots in American political thought. In their book, The Citizen's Share, Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman and Douglas Kruse argue that the Founding Fathers wanted everyone (well, everyone who was white and male) to own a small slice of property
In the media
Sean McElwee

The Unbearable Whiteness of Money in Politics

The 2016 presidential election will be the second since the court's disastrous Citizens United decision and the first without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act in place. That means big donors will have more sway over elected officials to dictate the agenda.
In the media
Sean McElwee

Politicians Respond Overwhelmingly to the Rich

When Bartels compared the policy preferences of the rich and poor to actual policy results (with controls) his results were disturbing. He finds that low-income preferences had virtually no effect on policy outcomes.
In the media
Sean McElwee

Buckley v. Valeo: The Crucial Supreme Court Case We Hear Too Little About

Buckley gave us the dubious principle that unlimited spending on elections is a form of “free speech.”
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Adam Lioz

Affirmative Action Is Great For White Women. So Why Do They Hate It?

But even if young white women are aware of how affirmative action could likely benefit them -- and how likely it is that they, in fact, have already benefitted from it -- it’s possible these millennials view efforts to remedy the effects of racism as unnecessary, just as they view efforts to remedy
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Chloe Angyal

Flint’s Filthy Water and Governor Snyder

The human tragedy of Flint, Michigan is agonizing. Thousands of children have been subjected to lead and other chemical poisoning, not to mention adults, just to save a few dollars in a process driven by raw politics and underlying racism.
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Wal-Mart to Raise Pay for U.S. Workers, Boost Personal Leave, Disability Benefits

Amy Traub, senior policy analyst at Demos, a New York-based nonpartisan public policy research organization, told Bloomberg BNA Jan. 20: ‘‘It’s really striking the way the growing protests we’ve seen by Wal-Mart workers, and increasing public pressure, has really pushed the world’s largest employer
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Shannon Pettypiece
Rhonda Smith

Fixing the Student Debt Crisis

That’s one of several proposals the Republican presidential candidate laid out Monday to make college more affordable.
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Jillian Berman

New Demos Report Details How Automatic Voter Registration Could Register 27 Million of America’s Missing Voters

Demos will hold a webinar with Ari Berman, contributing writer for The Nation, and Sen. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle)
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In These Times, We Must Hold Fast to Dr. King’s Vision

Dr. King’s last campaign brought him to Tennessee to protect the rights of public sector workers to unionize.
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Brenda Wright