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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

Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Voting Rights Expansion

I worked with a New Jersey coalition to pass this bill, and we watched it quickly move through the state legislature and reach Governor Chris Christie’s desk this past June. Even though the bill was supported by the vast majority of Governor Christie’s constituents, the bill then languished for over
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Damon L. Daniels

University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe's Very Telling Resignation Speech

The Fix is aware that some Americans are inclined to reject, outright, the idea that some words — those that we choose to express our ideas, what we say at critical moments and that which we do not mention — have deeper, often multi-layered meaning. But to believe this, you must reject the field of
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Janell Ross

Fight. Strike. Vote.

As you read this, workers across the country from retail, fast food, home care, and the federal government are launching one of the biggest strikes yet, calling for $15 an hour and collective bargaining rights. Together, they make up the American working class, the backbone of our economy, and they
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Tamara Draut

Here's the Harsh Truth About What's Going to Happen to 6,000 Just-Released Drug Offenders

According to Sean McElwee, a researcher who studies voting rights at the progressive think tank Demos, some studies suggest up to 2 .5% of the population is unable to vote thanks to such laws.
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Tom McKay

A stunningly bad idea for Connecticut

Connecticut is poised to undo a signature accomplishment—the Citizens Election Program. Facing budget cuts, some legislators in Connecticut have proposed allowing wealthy donors to, once again, dominate the state’s elections.
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Emmanuel Caicedo

Voting Rights Groups Say Obamacare Should Be Helping Americans Register To Vote

"The Administration strongly supports the goals of the NVRA and is committed to enforcing its requirements, as applicable," the agency said in a statement. Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, senior counsel at Demos, called this an "almost hidden voter registration question" that does not satisfy the NVRA. To
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Sarah Lachman

The Time Republicans Helped Build an All-Black Town Called 'Soul City'

But there was a time when Republicans took diversifying their base much more seriously.
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Brentin Mock

Significant Step in the NYPD Stop and Frisk Case

Police reform in New York City just took a significant step forward, and the voices of the people most affected by unlawful and discriminatory stops are front and center. When a federal court ruled in Floyd v. City of New York that the NYPD’s stop and frisk practice violated the Fourth and
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Jenn Rolnick Borchetta

Why New Yorkers Know Their Rights—and We All Should

New Yorkers now have the right to apply for and work at a job without an employer demanding a look at their personal credit history.
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Amy Traub

Historic clean-elections victories

Yesterday, voters from coast to coast fought back against big-money politics. Voters in Maine and Seattle resoundingly approved ballot measures aimed at empowering the voices of ordinary citizens in the political process.
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Heather McGhee