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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 Fed’s Interest Rate Deliberations—Much Ado About Nothing

The Federal Reserve just released the minutes of its December meeting at which the Fed Funds rate was increased, for the first time in years, by 0.25 percentage points. The vote was unanimous, but the minutes show a great deal of concern that lower unemployment rates have not moved inflation from
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Wallace C. Turbeville

There's Still Time for Obama to Stop the Student Debt Crisis

The fourth quarter of the Obama presidency has been relatively active when it comes to higher education. Last year alone, the Administration announced a proposal to make two years of community college tuition-free, finalized and released a treasure trove of data on earnings and loan repayment data
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Mark Huelsman

There's Still Plenty the Obama Administration Could Do About Student Debt In Its Last Year

The fourth quarter of the Obama presidency has been relatively active when it comes to higher education. Yet, he can go further.
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Mark Huelsman

Friedrichs v. CTA Would Further Erode the Rights of the New Working Class

Today, the Supreme Court hears arguments in a pivotal case on union rights in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. If they decide on behalf of the plaintiffs, the justices would overturn a 1977 Supreme Court decision allowing public sector unions to collect fair share fees from all
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Friedrichs: The Supreme Court Case That Could Worsen Inequality

Friedrichs v. CTA, is ostensibly about one teacher’s right to not join her teachers union, but that choice is already available to any worker everywhere in America. This case is really just another attack on workers’ ability to join together and make their voices heard.
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Liz Kennedy

Now the Supreme Court Will Decide Whether or Not to Destroy Public Employee Unions

This is a stealth attack on collective bargaining.
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Charles P. Pierce

Sec. Clinton Highlights Importance of Supreme Court Justices — Including on Money in Politics

Sec. Hillary Clinton correctly noted the importance of the next president’s power to appoint Supreme Court justices. On no issue is this more true than on money in politics.
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Adam Lioz

AFL-CIO Report and Roundtable on Race Baiting and Right Wing Populism in 2016 Election

Law Professor and Demos Fellow Ian Haney-Lopez to Release Report on Dog Whistle Politics and its Impact on the Labor Movement
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Too-Big-To Fail, Inequality and Quarterly Capitalism—The Big FIX

Bernie Sanders rang in the New Year with a rally in downtown Manhattan renewing his call to break up the big banks and jail executives who break laws. He also distilled the damage done by a predatory unconstrained economy into a single theme: for a long time, the rich have been getting richer as
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Mutual Funds Enrich the Financial Services Industry at Your Expense

Robert Hiltonsmith, a researcher at the think tank Demos, has estimated that the average household loses $155,000 in potential gains as a result of unnecessary fees.
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Helaine Olen
Harold Pollack