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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

Limited Fracking is Still Fracking

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering allowing hydraulic fracking on a limited basis in towns that approve drilling for natural gas. New York currently has a temporary moratorium on all fracking while an environmental review is conducted.
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J. Mijin Cha

We Need to Start Measuring Progress, Not Just Growth

Ahead of Rio+20, advocates are coalescing around the idea that we need to change the way we measure what is important to achieve true sustainable development. Currently countries measure economic growth, which is often equated with progress, through GDP. However, growth in GDP is increasingly not
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J. Mijin Cha

Forgive Student Loans of the Dead: Pass the Bryski Act

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Elon Green

Future is Bleak for Undocumented Grads

Many high school and college grads face a tough rode ahead, given high unemployment and record levels of student debt. But the future is especially bleak for undocumented students graduating from high school, the so called Dreamers, in reference to the DREAM Act, a bill stalled in Congress for close
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Fed Study: Rich Got Richer, Even as Everyone Else Got Poorer

The recent Fed report on household wealth contains yet more evidence of how distorted and unequal the U.S. economy has become. The big headline around the study, which comes out every three years, has been that the household wealth of Americans dropped by 40 percent between 2007 and 2010, and is now
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David Callahan

School Culture and Conditions as Important as Compensation in Retaining STEM Teachers

NEW YORK— As members of the Class of 2012 join the work force or look to higher education, a new report illuminates the connection between poor STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) teacher retention rates and young Americans’ chances of being relegated to low-wage, low-skill jobs
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Voting Rights Groups Move to Hold Alabama Accountable to Federal Voter Registration Law

Citing clear evidence that Alabama public assistance agencies are violating their federally-mandated responsibilities to offer tens of thousands of public assistance clients opportunities to register to vote, today attorneys from Demos, Project Vote, and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under
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Is Your Retirement Plan A Gas Guzzler?

A new report from Dēmos, "The Retirement Savings Drain: The Hidden and Excessive Costs of 401(k)s," urges Americans to trade in their old 401(k)s for a new, more efficient retirement model.
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Keiana Greene-Page

Budget Cuts Means More Debt for College Grads and More Dropouts

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Viany Orozco

Capitalism At Its Worst: Wells Fargo's Subprime Mortgage Machine

The Washington Post has a long story today that offers a horrifying glimpse into how one of America's largest banks systematically stripped wealth from the some of the poorest people in the nation. It details the sordid career success of a former star subprime loan officer at Wells Fargo:
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David Callahan