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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

De Blasio's Opportunity: A Local Attack on Inequality

Conventional wisdom holds that big city mayors don't have much real power. They wield scant influence over national and global forces that deeply impact America's urban economies—from fiscal and monetary policy to trade and currency policy, and regulation of financial and labor markets. Their powers
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David Callahan

What's the Single Worst Way to Cut Government Spending?

Public investment is crucial to future growth. The economic boom in the 50s and 60s relied on government investments in education (G.I. Bill), infrastructure (National Highway System) and science (NASA).
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Sean McElwee

Detroit's Finances and the Financial Sector's Shift from Clients to Trading and Risk

Wallace Turbeville on his time at Goldman Sachs, working with the city of Detroit, and the reality of the crisis that brought about TARP.
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Local Mechanic Throws Support to Rubio, Shifting Dynamics of Presidential Race

One New York Times article serves as a perfect exposé on the profoundly undemocratic power of wealthy donors have.
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Adam Lioz

Corporations Take Battle Against Labor to the States

With gridlock and discord halting the right’s agenda in Congress, corporations have taken the war on labor to the states. The Economic Policy Institute recently released a new report, “The Legislative Attack on American Wages and Labor Standards, 2011-2012,” authored by Gordon Lafer. The report
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Sean McElwee

A Step Forward on Credit Transparency

Credit reports and scores are made up entirely of information about individual consumers -- data that’s collected without our permission or even necessarily our knowledge -- but we don’t have free access to this information. Under federal law, consumers get one free credit report a year and must pay
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Amy Traub

Why Big Pharma Won't Stop Breaking the Law

Did you hear that America's biggest drugmaker just agreed to one of the largest criminal and civil settlements in U.S. history? No, you probably didn't -- because news of Johnson & Johnson's $2.2 billion penalty for illegally marketing one of its drugs was buried today in the business section.
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David Callahan

Paying for Aging Boomers: How Much Is Too Much?

Critics of government spending often describe the ballooning cost of Social Security and Medicare in out years as something of a runaway fiscal train. What tends to be missed in these conversations is the simple fact that, because of their huge numbers, it makes perfect sense -- and is perfectly
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David Callahan

Coming Tomorrow: Another State Minimum Wage Hike

New Jersey voters will get to decide whether to raise the state's minimum wage tomorrow by ballot initative, and are almost certain to improve this measure. The new law will raise the minimum to $8.25 an hour, a dollar above the federal minimum, and ensure that this pay scale keeps up with inflation
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David Callahan

The Single Best Way To Help Struggling Young Americans

Give them jobs. That's the most important answer to the serious economic crisis gripping young America, which faces double digit unemployment rates for some groups -- levels rivaling that of the Great Depression. Of course, creating jobs sounds very complicated -- a multi-part process of
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David Callahan