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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

At Polling Places, Some Fear Monitors Will Challenge Some Legitimate Voters, Intimidate Others

Kimberly Kelley of Tampa has provided Florida elections officials with thousands of names of people she thinks may be ineligible to vote and should be removed from the rolls. On Election Day, she’ll join thousands more — people of all political stripes — to monitor balloting. “I believe there is
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Curt Anderson

Demos Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Diversity Programs In College Admissions

NEW YORK - As the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas case challenging the constitutionality of the school’s undergraduate admissions program on Wednesday, October 10, Demos stands with the United States Student Association (USSA) along with hundreds of other community
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False Layoff Warnings Could Swaw Election

Just as every fall, we are warned about powerful hurricanes that could devastate coastal areas, every four years we hear warnings about an “October surprise” that could upheave the political landscape on the eve of the election. This year, the “surprise” threatens to hit land on November 2: it is
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Walmart Workers Strike the Stores

When workers at a Southern California warehouse that stores goods for Walmart walked out on strike last month, it was no isolated incident.
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Amy Traub

Devolving Federal Programs to the States Means Cutting Them

Today the Pew Center on the States released a summary of the differences between the presidential candidates on key issues affecting the states. The summary reflects Governor Romney’s preference for devolving to the states responsibility for critical policy matters. Among other things he would
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Michael Lipsky

Introducing The Voter Inclusion Principle: Expanding The Right To Vote

It is true that courts have been striking down Republican efforts to restrict voting among certain demographic groups. Yet by no means is the fight over.
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Tova Wang

Good News For Grads: Youth Employment Up In September

While the September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provided plenty of political ammunition it was also an ambiguous signal about the current labor market.
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Catherine Ruetschlin

Extreme Student Debt Indentures Young Doctors and Lawyers to the Highest Bidder

An important component to the student debt crisis involves law and medical school enrollees. Many of the students preparing to enter these professions are looking at six figures worth of loans, according to a study by Finaid.orgs's Mark Kantrowitz.
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Jack Grauer

Why is Medicare So Expensive? Episode II

Accounting for 12 percent of the federal budget, and costing $509 Billion in total expenditures in 2010, Medicare is a massive expense. In part one of this series, we set out four trends that are key to understanding the rising cost of Medicare.
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Dark Money Group Caught in Lie to the IRS

The Government Integrity Fund is a 501(c)4, a dark money group with a wildly misleading name. The Fund has been making a big splash in Ohio, spending a million dollars in advertisements against Senator Sherrod Brown.
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Joseph Hines