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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
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Closing the CFPB Would Harm Working People, Empower Bad Corporate Actors

A response to the Trump Administration's closing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an essential way to safeguard consumers against financial injustice.
Press release/statement
Taifa Smith Butler
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Leveraging Public Funding to Strengthen Worker Protections

A successful union drive at a bus manufacturing company demonstrates how employers listen to their workers much better when their public funding is on the line.
Blog
Nick Wertsch
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Progressives Won’t Help the Working Class by Abandoning Marginalized Groups

Leaders must reject false choices rooted in the idea that social and economic advancement is a zero-sum game or that working-class people must spar over scraps while all the spoils go to the elite few.
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Taifa Smith Butler
Carol Lautier, Ph.D.
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Dēmos Statement on President Trump’s Sweeping Anti-Democracy Executive Orders

These executive actions are a clear signal of this administration’s enduring hostility toward the fundamental right to vote, citizenship for immigrants, and empowered workers.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Dēmos Statement on the Presidential Inauguration

The concurrence of today’s presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. Day underscores the promise of the multiracial democracy Dr. King envisioned and highlights the stark test our country is about to embark on.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Public Banks for Public Good: Transformative Investments to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Dēmos and New Economy Project explore how public banking can expand opportunities for communities of color to build shared generational and community wealth.
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Lydia Casmier Anway
Andy Morrison
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Groundbreaking State-by-State Scorecard Grades Economic, Civic and Political Conditions for Building Power for Residents

Dēmos releases the Power Scorecard, a groundbreaking state-by-state snapshot of economic, civic, and political conditions that are conducive to building economic and political power for people.
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New Analysis Shows Successes, Lessons Learned from Home Repair Program

The Whole Home Repairs Campaign illustrates the power of organizing and community-involved decision-making in addressing the state’s ongoing housing crisis
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Statement on the 2024 U.S. General Election

Over the next four years, people power will be more important than ever in making our democratic process and economy work for our communities.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Cancel Registration of 1,600 Voters Just Days Before the Election

"Protections like the National Voter Registration Act are there for a reason. It is unconscionable that the Court is permitting a voter purge this close to an election"
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