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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

Universities May Cut Adjunct Faculty to Avoid Paying Health Insurance

As Saturday’s “ technical release” from our chums at the Department of Labor reminds us, Obamacare will require all companies, small businesses excluded, to provide health insurance to those working 30 hours per week or more in 2014. Along with some noise the IRS is making about how universities pay
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Jack Grauer

Who Does the Political Class Listen To?

Demos has produced a very important document about our austerity crisis. I don't think its conclusions will surprise many of you, but it certainly should be eye-opening to general public. It discusses the well-known fact that austerity is counter-productive in an economic down turn and that
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Digby

How to Better Mobilize Citizen Volunteers for Disasters

The blizzard that pounded the Northeast on Friday was no Hurricane Sandy, but it has left thousands of people without power throughout the region. For some households, losing power may be no big deal. But if you're old or disabled, this can be a dangerous situation. The problem is that it's hard in
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David Callahan

The Southern Strategy and Austerity Economics

Heather McGhee discusses the racist strategy behind austerity economics.
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Nest Eggs Poached

High unemployment and underemployment forced one in four Americans to pull money out of a retirement plan to make ends meet. ... A separate study on credit-card debt done by Demos, which surveyed some 997 households, warns that middle-income households of those nearing retirement are running up huge
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Gregory Bresiger

Will Washington Help Voters After the Long Lines of 2012?

President Obama raised eyebrows during his inaugural address last month when he put the fight against long election-day lines in the context of the nation’s movement toward “tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice.” Now the New York Times says Congress is preparing for a showdown on the
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Brenden Timpe

The Bipartisan Plot to Increase the Deficit

Deficit reduction is supposedly a huge priority in Washington, especially among Republicans who apparently skipped economics classes in college and don't understand that reducing spending -- and demand -- is the last thing you want to do in a weak economy. But here's a question: Given all the focus
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David Callahan

Bad Credit Shuts New Yorkers Out of a Job

"I served in the military for 30 years and received the highest level security clearances," said Brooklyn resident and war veteran Emmett Pinkston. "Yet I was turned down for a job as a TSA baggage screener, because of a bogus charge on my credit report. I found myself stuck at a low paying job."
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Amy Traub

How Income Inequality Contributes to Climate Change

Here’s another reason why income inequality is so destructive—it’s ruining our planet and increasing the severity of climate change. A new paper from the Center on Economic and Policy Research looks at a novel way to slow climate change: reduce the hours that we work. For reasons that are not
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J. Mijin Cha

Pew Study: Security of Voting Rights Depends on Where You Live

The Pew Charitable Trusts released a nifty interactive report this week that compares the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their administration of elections. Pew gathered information from the Census Bureau, public surveys, and other sources to develop its Elections Performance Index. So far
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Brenden Timpe