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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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 Poor Don’t Need a Life Coach

What if the poor need more than disposable income to escape poverty? What if they need a life coach?
In the media
Jamelle Bouie

Moreland Commission Controversy Raises Questions on Role of Attorney General

The fall out continues over whether Governor Cuomo's top aid interfered with an ethics commission probe, with some now saying that the state's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, could have done more to protect the integrity of the investigations, and whether any actual crimes were committed.
In the media
Karen DeWitt

Senator Harkin on the Root Cause of Rising Student Debt

"The steady erosion of state investment in public higher education over the last few decades reflects a stunning abdication of responsibility on the part of states to preserve college affordability."
Blog
Joseph Hines

The SEC Should Shine a Light on Dark Political Donations from Corporations

Nate Silver has already dubbed the 2014 election as " the least important in years." But this year's midterms are still breaking records for at least one thing: Secret political spending.
In the media
Liz Kennedy
Sean McElwee

A Guaranteed Income for Every American Would Eliminate Poverty — and it Wouldn't Destroy the Economy

Eliminating poverty seems like an impossibly utopian goal, but it's actually pretty easy: we can just give people enough money that they're above the poverty line. That idea, known as a basic income, has been around forever, but it's made a comeback in recent years.
In the media
Dylan Matthews

Robert Hiltonsmith Testifying to CPC on Wage Theft

Demos Policy Analyst Robert Hiltonsmith testifies before the Congressional Progressive Caucus on wage theft and its effects on the earnings of low-income workers.
In the media

More Than 1,000 People Protest Detroit's Water Shutoffs

Whether or not you attended the ninth annual Netroots Nation convention at Cobo Hall last weekend, you may have heard about downtown’s large demonstration against Detroit’s water shutoffs.
In the media

U.S. Attorney Vows to Root Out Albany Corruption as Cuomo in Hot Seat

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara vowed that he has the “fearlessness and independence” needed to investigate Albany corruption as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is accused of interfering with his own corruption commission. “If other people aren’t going to do it, then we’re going to do it,” Bharara said on the PBS’
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Michael Gormley

The Credit Dangers Single Parents Face

If being a parent often feels like a constant juggling act, it can be that much more challenging for single parents. Between work and parenting, it can feel like there’s never enough time, energy or money for the things you want to do. And that feeling may extend to your credit too. You may barely
In the media
Gerri Detweiler
Home care aide helping an elderly black woman

How Home Health Care Aides Are A Microcosm of the Jobs Crisis

Embedded gender and racial discrimination and lack of bargaining power are major causes of not only low pay for home health care aides but for many of the country’s low-wage, fast-growing occupations.
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Robert Hiltonsmith