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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

The Medicaid Contraction?

The Supreme Court's ruling on the healthcare mandate was bittersweet. The Affordable Care Act's greatest virtue was the expansion of Medicaid to include all persons under 133 percent of the poverty line. That meant that every family of four earning less than roughly $31,000 would be covered; that
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Rakim Brooks

How Much Influence Does the Fracking Industry Have in New York? A Lot

Just a few weeks after news came that Governor Cuomo was considering allowing limited fracking, emails were uncovered that show just how closely the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) works with the fracking industry.
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J. Mijin Cha

Your Family is Probably Losing $155K from 401(k) Plan, and Why New Rules Won't Help

A two-income American family with an average income that dutifully invests in a 401(k) plan using typical strategies will lose $155,000 – or about 30 percent of what they should have saved for retirement -- to Wall Street fees, according to a study by an economic justice advocacy organization.
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Bob Sullivan

Why Women Stand To Gain the Most From the Health Care Decision

The Supreme Court’s decision is in. With the Affordable Care Act mostly intact, tens of millions of uninsured Americans will gain coverage. Senior citizens will get billions of dollars of prescription drug benefits. Everyone with insurance will get preventive services at no cost.
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Sharon Lerner

Cities Are Growing Faster Than Suburbs. And That is Good.

(Flickr/Wallyg) For the first time in nearly 100 years, cities are growing faster than the suburbs. That is the finding of new Census data, released today.
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David Callahan

Healthcare Ruling is Good News for Parents

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Sharon Lerner

Work-Family Dilemmas of the Rich and Famous

Anne Marie Slaughter (Flickr/poptech) Why does one person’s take on an enduring, omnipresent issue sometimes explode through the media din?
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Sharon Lerner

Demos Applauds Supreme Court Healthcare Decision

New York – Today, in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, Miles Rapoport, President of Demos and The American Prospect, released the following statement:
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Conservative Hypocrisy on the Mandate

It is weird how vehemently conservatives have attacked the individual mandate -- and are still attacking it now, after their erstwhile hero, Justice Roberts, said it could stand. The mandate is a quintessential conservative idea, which explains why it emerged from the Heritage Foundation. A central
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David Callahan

Hidden Fees Are Eating Up Your 401(k)s

Most of us with 401(k) plans watched in horror as our retirement savings plummeted in the stock market crash of 2008. That year, the average 401(k) balance dropped by a third, forcing older Americans to delay retirement or cut back on spending. Since then, as the market rebounded, some of our
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