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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

Democrats Agree to $3.6 Trillion Tax Cut

This is the headline we should really be seeing after last night's fiscal cliff deal. As a result of the deal, the bulk of the Bush tax cuts will remain permanently in place, the AMT will be eliminated, and Obama's stimulus tax cuts, mainly aimed at the working poor, will live on for another five
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David Callahan

Recipe for National Decline: Interest Payments Will Rise as Domestic Spending Falls

Now that the future revenue path is pretty clear for the next decade, I took another look at President Obama's 2013 budget, which projects spending and revenue through 2022 on the assumption -- a correct one, it turns out -- that taxes will only rise on the affluent.
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David Callahan

So Much for Stimulus

While tax hikes on the affluent have gotten most of the attention in the fiscal cliff deal, an equally important story is how proposals for further stimulus spending died a quiet death in Washington over recent weeks.
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Ilana Novick

What if regulation makes finance more efficient?

Though technology and innovation have squeezed trading costs, the industry's profits are accounting for a bigger share of U.S. GDP, a former Goldman banker says, needlessly diverting some $635 bln from the broader economy. It lends credence to ideas like a transaction tax.
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Daniel Indiviglio

Why Don't Heartland Republicans Want to Raise Taxes on Malibu and Manhattan?

Political scientists who study Congress, like the scholar Douglas Arnold, have long argued that while money matters in politics, legislators ultimately tend to be responsive to their constituents.
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David Callahan

Saving Antitrust from Bork

Dylan Matthews posted a fascinating interview with law professor Barak Orbach yesterday, which goes a long way toward explaining the current withered state of antitrust law.
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Anthony Kammer

New Year's Resolution: Stop Buying Crap

Last year, in the midst of the holiday season, I pointed out that 90 percent of households have at least one unused item lying around and 70 percent have unused electronic items. It makes more fiscal and environmental sense to just not buy something, rather than buy it and not use it. Beyond that
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J. Mijin Cha

Tax Foreign Corporate Profits by Ending Deferral

All of Washington seems to agree that tax loopholes should be closed. Yet, as a practical matter, closing some of the biggest loopholes is no easy thing because of their importance to individuals and the economy as a whole. Take a meat cleaver to the home mortgage interest deduction and you hurt a
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David Callahan

Reforming the Senate for Today's Politics

Once upon a time, a few decades ago, members of the U.S. Senate spent a fair amount of time together and got to know each other personally. They were more likely to stick around Washington on the weekends, and during breaks, and socialized together more often with their families. Once upon a time
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David Callahan

Out of Work and Into Debt: Why the "Plastic Safety Net" Isn't Enough

What would you do if you were laid off from a job? While you looked for a new position, you’d likely cut expenses as much as possible and begin drawing on any savings you have to pay the bills you can’t avoid. As time went on, you might turn to family, friends, and community institutions for
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Amy Traub