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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

Inequities and Confusion Around Help on Student Loans

Helping young people being crushed by their student debt is a nice idea. It's also easier said than done, even when policymakers mean well.
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Jack Grauer

American Exceptionalism at Work: US Leads in Media Coverage of Climate Deniers

When it comes to climate change, there is one area in which the U.S. leads all other nations. Our media gives more time and attention to climate deniers than any other country. The study looked at five other countries besides the U.S.- Brazil, China, France, India and the UK- to see how leading
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J. Mijin Cha

Class of 2011 Saddled with $26,600 In Debt, A New Record

A new report from the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has bad if not suprising news for recent and future grads: average student debt for the class of 2011 rose 5 percent to $26,600 up from $25,250 in 2010. TICAS points out that this number could be even higher, since their findings
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Alex Amend

Direct Democracy, for Billionaires

Over a century ago, progressive reformers were deeply worried about how wealthy interests had hijacked American politics, populating state legislatures with cronies who did as they were told and otherwise steamrolled the will of the people. To level the playing field, reformers worked to create
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David Callahan

The Climate Silence Continues

During a long discussion of energy in last night's presidential debates , never once did either Mitt Romney or President Obama say anything about climate change. Instead, the energy discussion seemed to revolve around who would drill more for oil and gas and who could promote coal the most.
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J. Mijin Cha

Want to Create 2 Million Jobs? Invest in Water Infrastructure

As we celebrate the anniversary of the Clean Water Act, we should also focus on how to increase the number of waterways that are clean enough for fishing or swimming. As we wrote earlier this week, the CWA doesn’t cover nonpoint sources of pollution, which is caused by rain or snowmelt runoff that
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J. Mijin Cha

New York Students Slam Credit Checks

The students assembled outside Borough of Manhattan Community College yesterday morning were indignant.
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Amy Traub

What Happens If the Culture War Disappears?

It's hard to know what audience members will ask the candidates in tonight's debate, but here's a prediction: Issues like gay marriage, abortion, crime, and affirmative action will barely come up, if at all.
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David Callahan

Ms. Crowley, Ask The Candidates About Child Poverty

If I had one question to insert into tonight’s presidential debate, I would ask the candidates what they propose to do about child poverty.
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Michael Lipsky

BREAKING: Supreme Court Won't Block Early Voting In Ohio

In a single sentence order the Supreme Court today rebuffed a plea by Ohio state officials to close early voting in the final three days before the election. This is a big win for democracy in Ohio. Like we've seen around the country, it's been the courts, and for the first time the Supreme Court
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Alex Amend