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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
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Do The Rich Really Work More Than the Poor?

The people who need attention, and help, are the millions of silent, working poor struggling to put food on the table.
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Sean McElwee

Pensioners Win and Banks Lose a Round in the Detroit Bankruptcy

Just three days before Kevyn Orr, the emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to run the fiscally strapped city, filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in history, he signed a forbearance agreement with UBS and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch establishing a process to settle
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Governor Cuomo Listens to Public, Introduces Public Financing System

Today is the fourth anniversary of Citizens United and in the wake of record electoral spending, the need for an antidote is even more pressing than ever. Luckily, there is one: public financing of elections. We’ve shown how once Connecticut adopted public financing, the legislature passed a slate
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J. Mijin Cha

Why the Rich Don't Think They're Rich. And Why It Matters

Many affluent Americans are totally clueless about just how little money most people make in this country.
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David Callahan

How Conservatives Hijacked “Colorblindness” and Set Civil Rights Back Decades

Excerpted from "Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class"
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Ian Haney López

Ian Haney López & Heather McGhee discuss Dog Whistle Politics at the Strand

Demos VP Heather McGhee talks to Ian Haney López about his book Dog Whistle Politics and this hidden r
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MLK's Dream Of Economic Equality Is Still Far From Realized

Some of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams have certainly come true. But when it comes to closing the economic gap between black and white Americans, we've got a long way to go.
In the media
Jillian Berman

Pensioners Win and Banks Lose a Round in the Detroit Bankruptcy

Just three days before Kevyn Orr, the Emergency Manger appointed by Michigan Governor Snyder to run the fiscally strapped City, filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in history, he signed a Forbearance Agreement with UBS and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch establishing a process to settle
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Business Is Hyper-Organized. Shouldn't Workers Be, Too?

Over the past four decades, business leaders have adroitly used that great American right, freedom of association, to advance their interests. They have banded together through groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Federal of Independent Businesses, and the Business Roundtable to
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David Callahan

Ahead of McCutcheon, Big Money Dominates

As we wait for the Supreme Court to rule on McCutcheon v. FEC, which would strike down aggregate campaign contribution limits, a series of stories have come out highlighting how much damage money is doing to our democracy and our economy. In short: a lot.
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J. Mijin Cha