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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

Science Proves People Act More Racist Than They Think

Most people want to believe that their place in the world is something they earned, either through hard work, preparation, or both. I understand this sentiment. As a native of a country that reveres Horatio Alger-inspired tales of upward mobility, the idea that our status might be attributed to
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Reniqua Allen

Our Diverse America Deserves a More Representative Democracy

When Congress narrowly missed another government shutdown in December by passing the “cromnibus” bill, much of the press coverage focused on Capitol Hill’s ongoing dysfunction. However, buried inside the bill was yet another blow to campaign finance regulations, dramatically increasing the amount of
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Heather McGhee

The President’s Task Force on Policing Report Is Good, but It Underemphasizes Racial Bias

There’s a lot going down with policing these days. The flurry of action this week included an interim report from the President’s Task Force on 21 st Century Policing. It bears both good and bad news. One weakness in the report is overarching and unavoidable: the federal government is limited in the
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Jenn Rolnick Borchetta

Are 401(k) Fees Making Companies Richer at the Expense of Workers?

It can be hard to make sense of the fees that can accompany a typical 401(k), and that confusion can carry a steep price tag.
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Jason Breslow

The Comedy and the Tragedy of Banking Under Dodd-Frank

The talk around Wall Street is that profits at the trading desks of the big banks are down and that regulations are to blame. There may be some truth to that, at least to the extent that transparency rules have deterred some price gouging. We should be careful about reading too much into the effects
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Wallace C. Turbeville

If You Were Born After 1984, You've Never Experienced This Kind of Job Market

The U.S. economy has finally slugged its way out of the ditches. The Wall Street Journal reports that Department of Labor job numbers indicate that the labor market improved in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. in 2014.
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Tom McKay

Boston’s Recent Subway Nightmares Highlight Failures of Our Political System

For about a month now, New England has been pummeled with massive winter storms, leaving large swaths of the region with feet of snow and frequently making travel impossible.
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Michael Arria

A Strike Against Student Debt

This week a group of former students calling themselves the Corinthian 15 announced that they were committing a new kind of civil disobedience: a debt strike. They are refusing to make any more payments on their federal student loans.
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Astra Taylor

Our Election System’s Anti-Minority Bias Is Even Worse Than You Think

In the wake of the recent gutting of the Voting Rights Act, partisans were quick to jump on the opportunity to restrict unfavorable voters. Across the country, conservatives in particular have debated fiercely whether to pursue voter suppression to remain competitive in an increasingly diverse
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Sean McElwee

What You Should Know About Walmart’s Raise

Remember when Walmart got panned for running a Thanksgiving food drive for its own employees—overlooking the irony of demonstrating noblesse oblige by asking customers to subsidize the workers the company itself impoverished? The retail giant took a more strategic approach last week when rolling out
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Michelle Chen