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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

Putting a Check on Using Credit Reports Against Job Seekers

The economy plummets. You lose your job. Soon, you start to find it hard to make ends meet. You start putting things on your credit card. Then you fall behind in your card payments. All the while you’ve been desperately looking for a new job. Little do you know that being behind on credit card
In the media
Bryce Covert

States and Towns Fill Federal Void on Fracking

Increasingly, states and municipalities are stepping in to fill the federal void on regulating and banning fracking. California has at least eight bills looking to regulate and/or tax fracking operations. Vermont became the first state to ban the practice.
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J. Mijin Cha

Rising Tuition and Declining Investment at Public Universities

Here's a plain fact: record disinvestment in higher education at the state level leads to record tuition hikes. In 2012, the trend escalated with the biggest single year jump on record.
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Joseph Hines

New Study Finds the Wealthy Are Different

“The very rich,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, “are different from you and me.” It turns out he was right. According to a new study by the think-tank Demos ( PDF), the affluent tend to hold a different vision of a just society than the public at large, and it is that vision which tops the political
In the media
Joshua Holland

The Damage from Day-Trading

High Frequency Trading (HFT) is a method used by financial institutions whereby stocks are traded in fractions of a second. The traditional means of buying and selling required bankers to manually decide whether or not something was a good investment in the (semi) long run.
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Ilana Glazer

All Wall Street Regulators Should be Self-Funded

When a crew that calls themselves the "Systemic Risk Council" speaks, it's a good idea to pay attention. After all, the last time people pooh-poohed deep seated problems within the financial system, trillions of dollars vanished into thin air and millions of people were thrown out of work.
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David Callahan

Less Income Means a Shorter Life

Opponents of income redistribution often argue that taking from the haves and giving to the have-nots is at odds with individual rights. But here's a simple fact: There is no surer way to lose all your individual rights than to be dead. And evidence keeps mounting that people with lower incomes die
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David Callahan

How Land Value Taxes Can Reduce Inequality

David Callahan's points about the inequality-widening effects of technological change add up to a strong argument that wealth taxes should play a bigger role in the progressive project of reducing inequality.
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Jonathan Geeting

Inequality and the Right to Live

Opponents of income redistribution often argue that taking from the haves and giving to the have-nots is at odds with individual rights. But here's a simple fact: There is no surer way to lose all your individual rights than to be dead. And evidence keeps mounting that people with lower incomes die
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David Callahan

The Business Case for a Higher Minimum Wage

Proposals to raise the minimum wage are enormously popular with the American public, but there’s a reason they are successful only on occasion. The powerful business lobby is quite effective at getting through to lawmakers with their message that higher wage requirements will lead to less employment
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Brenden Timpe