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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

Civil rights groups renew push to expand Florida voting access amid COVID-19 pandemic

A group of voting rights organizations is suing Florida again over its elections protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing that not enough was done during the March 17 primary to allow registered voters to safely cast a ballot.
In the media
Bianca Padro Ocasio
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Racial Justice and Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus: A Conversation with Sabeel Rahman

There have been devastating reports of disproportionate rates of death in Black communities as a result of COVID-19. Racial capitalism and structural racism are to blame.
In the media
K. Sabeel Rahman
Dr. Peniel Joseph

Roundup: We’ve Been Socially Distanced for Years. It’s Called Racism.

Our latest on the COVID-19 crisis — from a wake-up call about our years of cultural apartheid to what the pandemic means for the racial wealth gap, and more.
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Protect Black and Brown Workers on the Front Lines of the Coronavirus Fight

A unique set of injustices confront workers still heading off to a job every day in the midst of a pandemic.
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Amy Traub
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Ohio's Primary Is a Mess: How the State Is Restricting the Vote during the COVID Crisis (And What We're Doing About It)

The Ohio legislature created a wholly avoidable, overly complicated situation that makes Ohioans jump through hoops to vote. Ohio voters: we want to hear about your experience.
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Naila Awan
Emerson Gordon-Marvin

We’ve Been Socially Distanced for Decades. It’s Called Racism.

Our society has actually been built upon and defined by social distancing for many years. It’s called systemic and institutional racism.
In the media
Rodney McKenzie, Jr.

Statement to be attributed to Chiraag Bains, Director of Legal Strategies, Demos

Now and always, Demos remains committed to fighting voter suppression and working with our community partners to remove barriers to participation that too often disproportionately impact people of color.
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Chiraag Bains
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Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Lament Absence of Full Inclusion of All People in CARES Act Coverage

The CARES Act passed fails to meet a simple moral test - that we protect the most vulnerable among us because it largely excludes immigrant and mixed-status families, including their U.S. citizen children, from stimulus payments.
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Don’t Let the Coronavirus Crisis Drive Black and Brown Families Further into Debt

COVID-19 is a threat to everyone, but the economic damage resulting from medically necessary quarantines and shelter-in-place orders is neither random nor equally distributed.
Blog
Amy Traub

INSIGHT: Supreme Court Comcast Ruling Sets Back Civil Rights

The Comcast ruling unduly narrows the 1866 Civil Rights Act, making contract discrimination much harder to prove. And the Supreme Court may not be finished restricting anti-discrimination law.
In the media
Chiraag Bains