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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

City Council Passes Bill to Ban Credit Checks for Most Job Seekers

[...] "You are in a Catch-22," said Emmanuel Caicedo, a senior campaign strategist with Demos, one member of a coalition of 79 labor and civil rights organizations that formed the NYC Coalition to Stop Credit Checks in Employment. "You can't pay your bills and so your credit is bad. And then you can
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Jeff Mays

NYC Passes Ban on Credit Checks for Most Job Applicants

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Jed Oelbaum

The Student Debt Strike Movement Just Scored a Victory

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Zeeshan Aleem

Improved Voting in Rhode Island

Election officials in Rhode Island are swiftly moving about the business of pro-voter reform.
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Damon L. Daniels

Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?

With the advent of the Affordable Care Act, the share of Americans convinced that health care is a right shrank from a majority to a minority.
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Thomas B. Edsall

Debt Sentences

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Vijay Prashad

Gender Pay Disparity is Particularly Stark for Women Retail Workers and Women of Color

Gender Pay Disparity is Particularly Stark for Women Retail Workers and Women of Color
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Finance Is to Blame for Rise in Inequality

Middle class income stagnation, and the inequality that it causes, is the principal economic challenge for the nation — and finance is to blame for it.
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Demos Applauds New Legislation to Eliminate Employment Credit Checks in New York City

Demos and coalition partners have reached an agreement with the City Council and de Blasio administration to send a bill banning the use of employment credit checks to the City Council floor. In response, President Heather McGhee issued the following statement: “We are pleased to see progress made
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A Terrible Explanation for Rising College Costs

On Sunday, the New York Times published an unbelievably misleading op-ed on the cost of college by Paul Campos, a law professor at University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Robert Hiltonsmith