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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

How Higher Wages Can Lead to Bigger Corporate Profits

The average retail sales job pays only $10.09 an hour, and some retail outlets—notably Walmart, the largest private employer in the world—pay as little as $8.00 per hour. But a handful of large retail companies have made generous compensation a key part of their business models, and it seems to be
In the media
Ned Resnikoff

Cross-Endorsements: Good for Democracy or Cause of Confusion

The liberal Connecticut Working Families Party and the conservative Independent Party of Connecticut probably don’t share a lot of ideological common ground. But they agree on one issue: ending the practice of cross-endorsements would be a bad idea. The two parties were part of a loose coalition of
In the media
Daniela Altimari

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

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

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

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

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

Low-Wage Workers Say It's Not Getting Better (Good Policy Would Help)

It’s not getting better. That’s the key finding of a new survey of low-wage workers out yesterday from the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Eighty-one percent of low-wage employees surveyed said their family’s financial situation was the same
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Amy Traub

Don't Back Burner Pre-K

Whatever happened to President Obama's call, in his State of the Union address, for all children to have access to pre-kindergarten education? It seems to have vanished without a trace.
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Ilana Novick