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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

Richard Cohen Perfectly Embodies How Far We are from "Post-Racial"

Among all that has been written since the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen may take the cake for his ability to combine factual errors with ridiculous hyperbole. Cohen opens his op-ed by saying:
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J. Mijin Cha

Why Walmart Should Defend Food Stamps

It is easy to see how the House of Representatives could pass a farm bill jammed with goodies for agribusiness while leaving food stamps out of the equation. The wealthy have powerful friends in Washington while the poor do not. What is less understandable is why some of the biggest beneficiaries of
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David Callahan

Enough Already: Confirm Cordray

Richard Cordray, the appointed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has gone 729 days without a vote. That isn’t because he’s a radical, or even controversial. It’s because the agency he’s appointed to lead was created by a law that conservatives don’t like.
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Joseph Hines

Shortchanging Preventive Healthcare

Despite all the coverage of battles over the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, one question has barely been asked: how will the expansion affect current Medicaid recipients? Will they have receive the same benefits, particularly access to preventive services and screenings that can mean the
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Ilana Novick

CFPB vs. Debt Collectors

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued several try-at-home remedies to aid in the struggle against unruly debt collection firms. In a blog post, they introduced:
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Jack Grauer

Reinstating Glass-Steagall for the 21st Century

Yesterday Senators Warren, King, McCain, and Cantwell introduced the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 which would rebuild the firewall between commercial and investment banks that existed from the days of FDR's first term following the great crash until 1999 at the height of bipartisan
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Alex Amend

Derivatives Jurisdiction: Victory or Defeat?

This morning, several media outlets rushed to report that Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler had lost his battle to secure robust rules governing the international exercise of the Commission’s jurisdiction to govern derivatives.
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Concession Workers Strike the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian is a national treasure. The world's largest museum and research complex, it encompasses a remarkable 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and nine research centers. In many ways, the institution represents what’s best about America, including free access to our cultural
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Amy Traub

Want to Fix the US Student Loan Crisis? Put Colleges on the Hook

The question of student loans is taking on an increasing urgency everywhere but Washington. Rates on federally subsidized loans doubled to almost 7% on July 1, thanks to Congressional bickering and dithering. The latest attempt to roll back the rates failed to get out of the Senate earlier this week
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Helaine Olen

Smithsonian Workers Stage Walkout, Demanding a Living Wage

Low-wage workers at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. went on strike today. The striking workers are employed through private federal contractors—mostly vendors at federal buildings like the Smithsonian Museums, the Ronald Reagan Building and the International Trade Center. Although
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Jeff Schuhrke