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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

It’s the Stagnant Wages

We probably don’t need to be reminded that the economy is a critical problem. Yet the nation’s political conversation still founders on the question of what it is about the nation’s economic performance that is holding back the middle class and people trying to work their way into it. Into the fray
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Amy Traub

13 Ways College Students Waste Money And Opportunities

While a college degree may give graduates a leg up in their careers, students who graduate with high student loan debt can find that ticket to be a costly one. According to a study by the public policy research organization Demos, student loan debt may be more detrimental to your financial future
In the media
Nancy Anderson

America's Gilded Capital

Graphic artist Nickolay Lamm's remapping of Manhattan's skyline based on net wealth.
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Joseph Hines

D.C. Draws Wal-Mart into Democrats’ Political Battle over Wages

It’s high drama and riveting politics these days as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s most thoroughly red-state retailer, charges deep into blue-state territory in its efforts to expand beyond its comfortably established realm in rural America and suburbia by moving into the often hostile territory
In the media
Patrice Hill

The True Face of the American Bankers Association

The post-recession party line at the American Bankers Association (ABA) is something like, “Hey Jane/Joe Briefcase. We're just as mad at gosh darn Wall Street as anyone. But only some bankers are evil. A lot of us are honest and work hard, just like you.” Maybe. But this isn’t a reason to lose track
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Jack Grauer

Whose Team is Your Rep Playing For?

Academic research backs up what most Americans already suspect: collectively, policymakers are playing hard for Team 1%.
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Adam Lioz

WSJ's Defense of Anti-Voter Provisions is Wrong

The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page is often an exercise in how to completely misinterpret policy and/or data. Monday’s attack on Hillary Clinton’s speech on the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County is no exception.
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J. Mijin Cha

Blacklisted and Unbanked for Bouncing Checks

Many Americans in these cash strapped times can relate to incurring an overdraft fee or bouncing a check. Ii's happened to nearly all of us and, mostly, we don’t expect it to impact our financial choices for the next five years to seven years.
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Ilana Novick

Low-Wage Work and the Coming Retirement Crisis

The case for raising the pay of low-wage workers usually focuses on the here and now: The biggest low road employers have plenty of profits to spare and sharing them more equitably with their workers would do a load of good, including for the economy as a whole by stimulating more spending and
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David Callahan

5 Insane Student Loan Stats

College graduates with student loans accumulate less lifetime wealth than their debt-free classmates, according to a study released this month.
In the media
Christine DiGangi