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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

Corruption Watch: Here Comes Citizens United 2.0

Mark October 8 on your calendar – that’s when the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that’s being called Citizens United 2.0 .
In the media
Joshua Holland

Five Years After Lehman and the American Public Is Still Outraged

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Joseph Hines

Inequality's Threat to Our Fiscal Future

There are a bunch of good, practical arguments for giving low-wage workers a pay hike -- like the fact that putting more money in the pockets of these workers would spur consumer demand and economic growth. But here's another strong point that you don't hear much about: Reducing wage inequality is
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David Callahan

Mr. Mayor, Say No to the Living-Wage Veto

Washington DC needs jobs. When D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray made this point at a press conference this week, he may not have realized he was making a strong case in favor of the Large Retailer Accountability Act.
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D.C. City Councilman Vincent Orange (D)
Amy Traub

Shared Fate: Why White Boomers and Kids of Color Depend on Each Other

I've written a lot lately about how this country has given up on school integration and left millions of kids of color concentrated in the nation's worst public schools with few white classmates. One of the groups who should be most worried about this resegregation are white Baby Boomers. Why
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David Callahan

Richest Americans Earn More of the Country’s Income Than Any Time Since the 1920s

The top one percent captured 95 percent of the income growth of the recovery. That’s just one depressing lowlight in Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez' 2012 update on the fortunes of the top 1 percent.
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Joseph Hines

Giving Up on Busing, and Integrated Schools

It's disturbing that American schools remain deeply segregated by race more than half a century after Brown v. Board—given all we know about the damaging effects of segregation on kids. What's even more disturbing, though, is that U.S. schools are more segregated now than they were twenty year ago
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David Callahan

Can a Progressive Run New York City?

The odds seem pretty high that a real live economic progressive, namely Bill de Blasio, will become the next mayor of New York City. That would be a big deal, since New York's mayor is a national figure and inequality is arguably our most pressing national problem. As Eric Alterman wrote recently
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David Callahan

What is Keeping Black Americans Out of Work?

The labor market recovery remains fragile, especially for African-Americans.
In the media
Shartia Brantley

The Global Context of Walmart's Illegal Union Busting Tactics

At this point, it's hardly news that Walmart is a pioneer of modern union-busting. And the revelation that Walmart has illegally disciplined 80 workers since June -- including firing 20 -- for their involvement in union activity is no surprise.
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David Callahan