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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

Workers to Mayor de Blasio: End Employment Credit Checks For the Holidays

This week, workers gathered on the steps of New York’s City Hall, singing carols to raise awareness about the problem of employment credit checks.
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Amy Traub

How Serial Highlights Our Dysfunctional Criminal Justice System

Does America’s skepticism of the legal system begin and end with a podcast?
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Donovan X Ramsey

Walmart PAC Funded by Charity for Employees

Walmart is under scrutiny after claims that their political action committee is using illegal methods to persuade employees to donate to its PAC.
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Chelsea McKevitt

Credit Card Debt Surges as the Year Comes to a Close

Americans are ending 2014 with a binge — on credit-card debt. The year that began with a flood of red ink is now seeing credit-card and other debt spiking higher as it comes to an end. Consumers have continued pulling out the plastic this year, with a nearly $16 billion increase in debt in the third
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Catherine Curan

Watch Elizabeth Warren Call Out the Toxic Influence of the Bank Lobby Over Our Economy

In a speech on the Senate floor on Saturday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called out to the toxic connection between money in politics and financial crisis. Demos' report Stacked Deck found similarly: a rising tide of big money has tilted economic policymaking in favor of the elite.
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Joseph Hines

Brinksmanship and the Return of Financial Crisis

A government shutdown once again loomed, and familiar deadlines and ultimatums flew around Washington. And Congress just used the threat to loosen the rules created in the wake of the financial crisis, a victory for Wall Street banks in their constant and well-funded campaign against reform. The
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Wall Street Spends More in 2014 Than It Did to Defeat Dodd-Frank

As turmoil surrounds a potential shutdown around provisions to roll back critical parts of Dodd-Frank, there's new evidence that Wall Street holds more influence than ever in Washington.
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Joseph Hines

New Demos Report Underscores Racial Bias in American Campaign Finance System

(New York, NY) – On the heels of the nation’s most expensive mid-term election cycle, where federal political spending hit a $3.7 billion high, the national public policy organization Demos released a new report that examines the inherent racial bias in our big money political system.
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US Retail Workers Need a New Bill of Rights

The holiday shopping season is the best time of the year for big retail chains across the United States. But not so much for the people who stock the shelves and ring up the Christmas sales. As holiday gift-seeking shoppers return, retail businesses are hiring. But that does not necessarily mean
In the media
Amy Dean

2014 Was a Historic Year in the Fight for a Higher Minimum Wage

24 million. That's the estimated number of Americans who would stand to benefit from raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. And this year there were many signs that those who struggle the most have reason for optimism: 2014 has seen an explosion in activity around raising the minimum
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Zeeshan Aleem