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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

A Lot of Young Seem to Think We're Already Living in a Post-Sexist America

America could elect its first woman president next year, but even that would be a hollow sign of progress in a country mired in gender inequity. The Supreme Court may well gut Roe v. Wade. Access to abortion and contraception has regressed dramatically, and clinics face increasing intimidation. The
In the media
Sean McElwee

A Smarter Plan to Make Retirement Savings Last

Last month, President Obama inaugurated yet another way to encourage Americans to save for retirement. In the new myRA accounts, workers can save up to $15,000 in a low-fee investment plan that, like a government savings bond, guarantees the principal. The accounts are a small step toward helping
In the media
Teresa Ghilarducci
Hamilton James

2015: The Year That Black Lives Mattered, At Last

⌗BlackLivesMatter is a young movement, literally and demographically. Democrats need young black voters, a key part of “the rising American electorate” that twice propelled Barack Obama into the white house. As Donovan X.
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Terrance Heath

Toward a New Understanding of “We the People”

Does the arc bend, slowly, towards justice? Or is the course that was set at our nation’s founding so deeply misguided that progress towards true justice is asymptotic? Must we, in fact, break the arc and create a new structure?
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Heather McGhee

It's Time for the DOJ to Investigate Sandra Bland's Death

Sandra Bland’s arrest after a routine traffic stop was a terrible injustice; her death three days later was a tragedy; the fact that no one will be held accountable is beyond comprehension but, unfortunately, all too familiar. Yesterday, a Texas grand jury failed to indict any of the officers or
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Heather McGhee

How All New Yorkers Benefit When Municipal Workers Get Paid Parental Leave

Now that’s a holiday gift! On Tuesday, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that approximately 20,000 employees of New York City would be guaranteed paid parental leave—giving mothers and fathers critical time off to bond with a new baby, adoptee, or foster child without giving up a paycheck.
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Amy Traub

The Missing Black Millennials

The Democrats need young black voters. But the political party of our parents doesn’t seem to know how to reach us — the black millennials they can’t afford to lose — this time around.
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Here's how the Federal Reserve Just Told Black Folks "You Don't Really Matter"

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen is living in a bubble because the Fed just doesn’t see that. Perhaps the Fed wants to put the brakes on an economy already struggling up a hill on low fuel? Amy Traub, a senior policy analyst at Demos, believes the Fed’s interest-rate hike is a “small step
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Charles D. Ellison

This NYU Admin Just Accidentally Revealed the Problem with America's Private Universities

Nia Mirza, an international student from Pakistan, organized a petition earlier this year demanding NYU lower the cost of attendance after the annual price tag of attending the school suddenly rose from $64,000 to $71,000.
In the media
Tom McKay

How the Overwhelmingly White Donor Class Stops Action on Climate Change

Although the Paris Climate Deal certainly represents a step forward for the international community, there are still many potential pitfalls to addressing climate change. New data suggest that the overwhelmingly white donor class may be one such obstacle.
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Sean McElwee