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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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

Why Employers Should Back Mandatory Paid Sick Time

Compared to the rest of the advanced world, the United States offers famously weak protections to workers. For instance, employees in every other developed country are guaranteed vacation by law, often a few weeks. Americans workers don't even get a single day under Federal labor rules. New mothers
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David Callahan

EITC Fraud: A Good Tax Credit Meets Bad Accountants

While the IRS aims to increase EITC participation through last week's EITC Awareness Day, the agency has another, equally challenging goal: increase EITC participation without increasing fraud, which, according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, costs the IRS
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Ilana Novick

The Party of "Old White People" Should Protect Entitlements, Right?

Paul Krugman noted on ABC's This Week yesterday that the GOP's problem is that their "base is old white people." This is largely true. Exit polls show that Mitt Romney won all voters 65 and older by 12 percentage points, and white older voters by 22 points. Barack Obama won all voters under thirty
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David Callahan

Engaging Every Voter in the Lone Star State

Encouraged by the increased diversity of the U.S. electorate, Democratic strategists have mounted a new push to make Texas a swing state. The "Battleground Texas" campaign seeks to increase voter participation in the Lone Star State and builds on the groundbreaking " 50 State Strategy" that Howard
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Michael Jackson

Lawmakers: Election Day Voter Registration Would Boost participation

Democratic lawmakers say allowing voters to register and cast ballots on the same day would increase election participation, but some county officials worry that it would further complicate the voting process. ... States with same-day registration have turnout rates nearly 6 percent higher than
In the media

2012 Election Called the Most Expensive in World History

During a recent news conference at the state Capitol, Lisa Graves, executive director of the Madison-based Center for Media and Democracy, made an astonishing claim.
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Bill Leuders

Raising the Minimum Wage for New York State

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed to raise the New York State minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.75 per hour, drawing cheers from progressive groups who have lobbied for such a hike for years. But many business advocacy groups worry that this move would raise the cost of hiring entry
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Ilana Novick

Getting More People to Use the EITC

A quarter of the eligible recipients do not take advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
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Ilana Novick

Your Salary for Sale: Equifax Cashes In, But You’d Better Not Discuss It

Just when we imagined that credit reporting firms couldn’t be more invasive and profiteering, NBC News breaks this story:
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Amy Traub

GDP: An Imperfect Measure of Progress

Which is better for a country’s well-being: $10 million spent constructing a jail, or $10 million spent producing a line of smartphones? How about clear- cutting rain forests to produce $10 million in lumber? Or a storm that requires $10 million in repairs?
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The Editors