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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

We’ve Been Socially Distanced for Decades. It’s Called Racism.

Our society has actually been built upon and defined by social distancing for many years. It’s called systemic and institutional racism.
In the media
Rodney McKenzie, Jr.
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Don’t Let the Coronavirus Crisis Drive Black and Brown Families Further into Debt

COVID-19 is a threat to everyone, but the economic damage resulting from medically necessary quarantines and shelter-in-place orders is neither random nor equally distributed.
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Amy Traub

Statement to be attributed to Chiraag Bains, Director of Legal Strategies, Demos

Now and always, Demos remains committed to fighting voter suppression and working with our community partners to remove barriers to participation that too often disproportionately impact people of color.
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Chiraag Bains
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Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Lament Absence of Full Inclusion of All People in CARES Act Coverage

The CARES Act passed fails to meet a simple moral test - that we protect the most vulnerable among us because it largely excludes immigrant and mixed-status families, including their U.S. citizen children, from stimulus payments.
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INSIGHT: Supreme Court Comcast Ruling Sets Back Civil Rights

The Comcast ruling unduly narrows the 1866 Civil Rights Act, making contract discrimination much harder to prove. And the Supreme Court may not be finished restricting anti-discrimination law.
In the media
Chiraag Bains
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COVID-19 and the Crisis of Racial Capitalism

This pandemic is revealing the deeper inequities for Black and brown people that have always been present in our economy and democracy but that are often papered over in ordinary times.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Statement from Plaintiffs and Their Attorneys in League of Women Voters v. LaRose

If Ohio’s process prevents people from voting, it will have denied its citizens’ fundamental rights. And the state will hear from us.
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ACLU Ohio, Dēmos, and Lawyers’ Committee File Lawsuit on behalf of Ohio League of Women Voters & Ohio APRI Challenging Ohio’s ‘New’ Primary

“The state must hold a 2020 primary election that makes voting accessible for all eligible Ohioans, especially Black and brown voters who too often are pushed to the sidelines of our democracy by obstacles such as arbitrary voter registration deadlines or burdensome procedures for voting absentee or
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How two uniquely American issues could make the coronavirus worse

“These are folks who are serving [and] preparing food for all of the rest of us. It's a recipe for contagion when...the people preparing your food cannot afford to stay home when they have a contagious disease.”
In the media
Denitsa Tsekova

‘Opening a door that was closed too long’: the hunt for a female vice-president

“Without a doubt, the secret to Democratic victories in the past three years has been women’s leadership. The idea that that wouldn’t translate into the first woman president was heartbreaking for many of us."
In the media
Lauren Gambino