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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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
Black voter at a distance in a voting booth with an empty booth in the foreground

Voting Rights Organizations File Lawsuit in Florida to Extend Voter Registration Deadline as Online Voter Registration System Crashes

"Refusing to extend the deadline beyond this evening under these circumstances is outright voter suppression.”
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Illustration of Different People of Color With Voting Stickers

Accountability Gaps: When Government Inaction Silences Black and Brown Voters

Missing voters aren't missing at all. Many are actually being silenced by bureaucratic barriers and unnecessary logistical hurdles.
Blog
Damon L. Daniels

Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Denounce Insufficient Charges in Breonna Taylor Indictment

We are outraged by the fact that no charges were filed against any of the police officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
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Black voter at a distance in a voting booth with an empty booth in the foreground

Reflections on a Radically Honest Conversation: Thinking Boldly About the Right to Vote and the Constitution

How can an affirmative constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote, eliminate the symptoms of a democracy that has intentionally excluded Black and brown people?
Blog
Brenda Wright

New Voter Registration Opportunity Fills Gap in the Pandemic

"In sending hundreds of thousands of voter registration applications to public assistance clients during a global pandemic, Kansas is doing exactly what the National Voter Registration Act intended and requires."
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

"Beyond her accomplishments on the Court, Justice Ginsberg was a trailblazer for the ages and an unparalleled hero for so many."
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Voting Rights Advocates Sue to Protect the Right to Vote of Missourians in the November 2020 Election

"At a time when people are struggling to find work and keep their families afloat, Missouri has chosen to make what should be the simple act of casting a ballot unnecessarily complicated and burdensome."
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Native American Tribes and Voting Rights Group File Complaint Against South Dakota Agencies for Voter Registration Violations

“The right to vote has never been more important, and access to voter registration is key to exercising that right...This lawsuit is necessary to ensure that South Dakotans can have their voices heard.”
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Digital collage of Black voters, Black Lives Matter protest, and MLK Monument

This Constitution Day, How We Can Undo the White Supremacist Roots of Our Nation’s Founding

Our Constitution was designed to protect the institution of slavery and has led to the centuries-long assault on Black people and the ongoing struggle to secure the right to vote. This is why we put forth a proposal to finally, fully guarantee the right to vote.
Blog
Laura Williamson

K. Sabeel Rahman, president of Demos talks creating an equitable Democracy

K. Sabeel Rahman, President of Demos, discusses some topics that afflict the working class in general and people of color in particular and solutions.
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K. Sabeel Rahman
Egberto Willies