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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

Drugs, Bipartisanship, and the "Leave Us Alone Coalition"

The libertarian wing of the Republican Party is getting stronger with each passing year, and as a result, the end of America's disastrous 40-year "war on drugs" may finally be in sight.
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David Callahan

The Credit-History Pariah Class

Research has shown that someone with a poor credit history is not automatically a poor job prospect. Nevertheless, millions of Americans who have emerged from the recession with medical debts or a record of late payments are at risk of being denied jobs by companies that use credit histories to
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The Editorial Board

Are Academics for Hire Influencing the HFT Debate?

Last week, Professor Charles M. Jones, a noted economist at Columbia, published an opinion piece in Politico claiming to enlighten readers on the realities of high-frequency trading (or “HFT”), computer driven trading at millisecond speeds driven by complex algorithms based on complex trading
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Wallace C. Turbeville

Is it already time to weaken Dodd-Frank?

One of the biggest problems with financial reform is having to discuss issues that most people find painfully boring. For instance, “derivatives.”
In the media
Mike Konczal

Higher Ed's Lobbying Machine

In taking on the cost of college, President Obama is going up against one the best organized special interests in Washington: Higher education.
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Thomas Hedges

Facts to Quinn: Paid Sick Days Don’t Harm Job Growth or Small Business

This morning the New York City Council will hold a hearing on legislation to guarantee paid sick days to all working New Yorkers. The measure has been pending for several years with repeated compromises to address the concerns of employers.
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Amy Traub

CEOs and Two-Income Professional Couples Shouldn't Pay the Same Tax Rate

As everyone knows, the "fiscal cliff" deal raised taxes on households making over $400,000, restoring the Clinton-era top income tax rate to 39.5 percent. One fact that gets less attention, though, is that progressivity in the tax code ends right there: There is no difference in the tax rate paid by
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David Callahan

The Cuomo Conundrum

Fittingly, perhaps, Cuomo’s single biggest misstep in office can be tied to the power of moneyed interests. After fighting long and hard, the governor was forced to abandon a scheme to build a $4 billion convention center in Queens, as part of a joint venture with the Genting Group, a Malaysian
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Eric Alterman

New Voluntary Standards Don't Make Fracking Safe

In the debate over our energy future, I keep coming back to the question of whether or not fracking can be done safely.
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J. Mijin Cha

Wall Street Deregulation Garners Bipartisan Support Despite Devastating JPMorgan Report

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan cadre of House lawmakers will move on legislation to deregulate Wall Street derivatives Wednesday, less than a week after Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) released a devastating report on the multibillion-dollar derivatives debacle at JPMorgan Chase.
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Zach Carter