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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
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Roundup: Six Good Reads that Have Racial Equity in Common

Resources to make sense of the student debt crisis, the administration's Public Charge rule, the realities of our big-money political system, and more
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Gwyn Ellsworth
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Defending the Voting Rights of Jail Detainees

The denial of voting rights to pretrial jail detainees is one of the most hidden and racially disparate forms of voter disenfranchisement.
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Chiraag Bains
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Leading Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Support and Applaud the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s National Day of Racial Healing, January 21, 2020

On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, many organizations, individuals, and communities will be taking collective action during the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s fourth annual National Day of Racial Healing to celebrate our racial diversity and reinforce and honor our common humanity.
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Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon – Episode 203: Realizing Democracy

K. Sabeel Rahman explains what it would take to make America’s democracy work for everyone and why the time for big, structural change is now.
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Roundup: The Wisconsin Voter Purge, Debt-Free College, and other must-reads

Fresh research and writing for the start of 2020.
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Gwyn Ellsworth
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What the World Can Learn from Haiti

On this Haitian Independence Day, the world must recognize Haiti and her people not only for their struggle, but also for their ingenuity, their resolve and their courage.
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Christelle Prophete

Arizona Voting Rights Advocates Obtain Settlement Improving Statewide Access to Voter Registration

Today, voting rights advocates celebrated a significant win for Arizonans that will make it easier for residents to exercise their fundamental right to vote.
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Think the Constitution guarantees your right to vote? Think again

There are unacceptable inconsistencies in how we engage in the most fundamental method of making our democracy work.
In the media
Caleb Gayle

Voter purges: are Republicans trying to rig the 2020 election?

“Folks who benefit from having fewer people participate are constantly looking for new ways to suppress turnout. [Voter purges] is one that seems to have become more popular.”
In the media
Sam Levine
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How the Wisconsin Voter Purge Targets Black Voters

A conservative group is suing to force the state of Wisconsin to purge 234,000 voters from voter rolls. The purge will disproportionately target voters of color.
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Shruti Banerjee
Stuart Naifeh