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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

New Guide Released to to Help Voters Obtain IDs

New York – With millions of Americans in danger of being disenfranchised this fall by new and unneeded voter identification laws, a report issued today outlines how state and local organizations can stand up for democracy by helping voters secure the necessary ID. Read “Got ID? Helping Americans Get
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Declining Investment in Higher Ed Hurts Students

In the past three decades, college costs have risen significantly faster than inflation and are now at roughly 25 percent of the average household's income. This isn't true just for private schools.
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Equal Justice Works

Ethical Fashion: Green Is The New Black

Example from a line that received a 2010 Innovation Award from the Ethical Fashion ForumOver President’s Day, I wrote about how environmentally destructive something as simple as a pair of jeans can be when taking into consid
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J. Mijin Cha

President Obama Offers Proposals That Would Lower Gas Prices, House GOP Balks

Well, maybe I was wrong when I said there was almost nothing the President could do to impact gas prices. Yesterday, President Obama released a set of proposals to limit oil speculation.
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J. Mijin Cha

Algae, Slime and Other Innovate Energy Sources

NASA's OMEGA SystemWe hear a lot about solar, wind, and geothermal as alternative energy sources, but what about algae?
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J. Mijin Cha

Tax Credits for Small Donors Can Fight Super PACs

The problem of American democracy isn't solely that there's too much money in our politics. It's that the money comes from a narrow (and extremely rich) slice of the electorate.
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Adam Lioz

Sustainability Roundup

Ahead of Earth Day 2012, here's a brief sampling of some of the best posts on Sustainability issues at PolicyShop: The Difficulty Of Climate Messaging
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Alex Amend

Fewer Ripoffs at Tax Time as Feds Squash "Refund Anticipation Loans"

Regulation is such a dirty word these days that it's easy to forget what a big difference it can make in the lives of ordinary people. Take, for instance, the Federal government's successful push to ban refund anticipation loans.
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David Callahan

Derivatives Lobby Has U.S. Regulators On The Run

The derivatives industry is squeezing Washington like a python. Desperate to control the tone and thrust of derivatives regulation, industry lobbyists have been swarming over the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of which is writing derivatives
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Roger Lowenstein

Top Ten Tax Facts

1. The government has collected less in taxes as a proportion of the economy in the past three years than it has in any three-year period since World War II, and tax rates are at historic lows.
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Ben Peck