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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
supreme court

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

Statement from the Voting Rights Working Group on Counting Every Vote in the 2020 Election

In record numbers and in the face of a global pandemic, Americans voted early and on Election Day, and availed themselves of mail-in voting. But the right to vote includes the right to have your vote counted.
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Win

Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman on Our Democracy after the Election

For what feels like the first time in years, we can pause for the briefest of moments and breathe.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Student Debt Cancellation Tests Progressives’ Sway Under Biden

“This is a microcosm of many intra-progressive, intra-left policy debates—whether it’s better to do something universal and achieve something with relative ease or ensure that only those struggling by some definition get relief."
In the media
Andrew Kreighbaum

What's next for U.S. democracy after the president's stress test?

American democracy wasn't functioning well for many Americans before this election. Sure, it's working well as it was designed by our all-white, all-male founding fathers — to protect white political power — but it's still failing Black and brown people.
In the media
Jeff Plungis
Elections

Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman on the Election

We need to continue to demand a government committed to protecting Black and brown communities in this moment, and need to continue to push for bold, transformative change.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Many jailed in Central Florida have the right to vote, but few likely to

A recent report by the national think tank Demos recommended jail staff take additional steps to ensure people are not disenfranchised because they are in jail.
In the media
Grace Toohey
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Managing Election Night Expectations

We should think of November 3rd as merely the first of many days of electoral uncertainty while states count every vote. And that is okay.
Blog
Damon L. Daniels

Closing arguments: Join the joyful resistance

Voting has always been one of the most powerful tools of a justice-seeking people determined to defeat oppression and its propagators.
In the media
Laura Williamson
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Reflections on a Radically Honest Conversation: Funding Black and Brown Organizations Like We Want Them to Win

It is more vital than ever that Black- and brown-led organizations have the resources they need to combat the many issues confronting their communities and to build durable and sustainable power.
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Caitlin Furio
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Local Groups Stop North Carolina from Silencing Black and Brown Voters

North Carolina was failing in its voter registration obligations even before the pandemic. Blueprint North Carolina and others stepped in to compensate for the state.
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Damon L. Daniels