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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

Supreme Injustice

The Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this spring in McCutcheon v F.E.C., which increased the amount of money donors can contribute to political campaigns for federal office, has added new fuel to an 80-year-old debatebetween those who contend that the Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of
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Thomas B. Edsall

What Would Happen to Companies Like Target If They Paid $15 an Hour?

Henry Ford famously shocked the nation in 1914 when he announced that he was doubling the wages of Ford's workers to $5 an hour. Ford's logic was that better paid American workers would become bigger spending consumers -- not only buying more Model Ts, but more of everything. Which is pretty much
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David Callahan

Senator Warren's Proposal: Tax the Rich, Relieve Student Loan Debt

Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation on Tuesday to tackle the nation's over $1 trillion student loan crisis. "Exploding student loan debt is crushing young people and dragging down our economy," the Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement.
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Andrea Germanos

Why Student Loan Refinancing is a No-Brainer

In the federal student loan market, the government is the lender, and therefore is in a position to reduce the overall burden on the borrower.
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Mark Huelsman

Forget Everything You Know About U.S. Politics. It's All Going to be Different

Michael Lind has one of the bigger brains around, and you can always count on him to advance provocative and sweeping arguments. He doesn't disappoint with his new piece in The Breakthrough Journal, " The Coming Realignment." It's one of those big think articles where the thesis seems entirely
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David Callahan

Shareholder Activists Target McDonald's CEO Pay in Bid for Higher Worker Wages

Shareholder activists on Monday called for the board of McDonald’s to cut the wage of chief executive Donald Thomson, citing poor performance and the massive gap between his wages and the average fast-food worker. The fast-food giant holds its annual meeting on 22 May and will be targeted by
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Dominic Rushe

The Ultimate Guide to Shutting Down Conservative Anti-Piketty Hysteria

Thomas Piketty’s wildly popular new book, “ Capital in the 21st Century ,” has been subject to more think pieces than the final episode of “Breaking Bad.” Progressives are celebrating the book — a
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Sean McElwee

Why Chief Keef Should Be on Your Playlist

During an appearance on the resurrected Arsenio Hall Show last month, Kid Cudi responded in typical fashion to one of those frequently regurgitated questions about saving the “perilous state of hip-hop:” I think the braggadocio, money, cash, hoes thing needs to be deaded.
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Jamal Mtshali

Segregation May be the Hardest Part of Inequality To Solve

If you hang around the inequality debate long enough, wading through the many smart proposals to reduce the income gap, it all starts to seem kind of doable. We could make a real dent in inequality through a bunch of steps ranging from raising the minimum wage to more heavily taxing capitals gains
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David Callahan

What Luke Wachob Gets Wrong On McCutcheon

In a recent op-ed at Forbes, Luke Wachob touts the decision in McCutcheon v. FEC as a victory for free speech.
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Seth Endo