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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

Second Thoughts on Voter ID: Posner Admits Laws are Used to Disenfranchise

In 2005, Indiana passed a law requiring voters to present a government issued photo-ID before they would be allowed to vote. The law was challenged by voting rights advocates and was upheld by the Appellate Court and ultimately, the Supreme Court. The Appellate Court concluded that the burden placed
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J. Mijin Cha

Stiglitz on the Political Dimensions of Inequality

Joseph Stiglitz makes the important point that economic inequality is the result of political decisions, not inescapable global conditions.
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Adam Lioz

What Will a Slow Growth Future Mean for Progressive Politics?

A growing number of experts are arguing that the era of fast economic growth is over, at least for wealthy countries like the United States. If that's true, what does it mean for progressive politics? I'll get to that question in a minute. But first consider the recent obituary for prosperity that
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David Callahan

How Will Unpaid Medical Bills Hurt Credit?

Don't use that post-surgery fog as an excuse to ignore medical bills, even if you're still contesting them with your doctor or health insurer. Otherwise, your credit score will need to heal, too. Medical debt is the most common type of collection account, representing nearly half of all reported
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Janna Herron

How Multibillion Dollar Corporations Rely on the Public to Feed their Workforce

Dunkin Donuts is getting a sweet deal. The company enjoyed $108.3 million in profits last year and compensated its CEO, Nigel Travis, to the tune of $1.9 million. Meanwhile, the public paid an estimated $274 million to feed, provide medical care, and subsidize the wages of their workforce.
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Amy Traub

Coming Soon: A Dead End Tax Debate. Or Maybe Not.

Assuming some short-term deal emerges in Washington to avert a default, pending later budget talks, we all know what comes next: Another dead-end debate over taxes. Why? Because if there's one issue that conservatives in Congress are even more implacable about than Obamacare it's taxes -- as in, no
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David Callahan

Doctors and Dentists Get in on Usurious Lending

If you think that only banks and other traditional lenders get to gouge consumers with high interest rate loans, you're obviously behind on the evolution of American finance. These days, just about any service provider can offer loans with what used to be criminally high interest rates. And that
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David Callahan

China Capitalizes on Washington's Crisis

The political crisis in Washington is becoming an international embarrassment for the United States, with the head of the IMF now reprimanding us for threatening global chaos. But the crisis is also becoming a big opportunity for China, America's main rival for primacy in the 21st century.
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David Callahan

Demos Chief: Why Progressives Should Take Heart (Part 2)

At a small gathering in Los Angeles recently, Miles Rapoport, president of the 13-year-old progressive think tank Demos, expressed optimism about the future for progressive values and policies. Miles's talk was inspiring, but I asked him to elaborate by answering questions from a skeptic's point of
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Michael Sigman

How Aggregate Limits Prevent Quid Pro Quo Corruption

I discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s McCutcheon case Saturday on Karen Finney’s MSNBC show Disrupt, and also last week in this HuffPo commentary.
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