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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

Four Ironies of the Individual Mandate

As anticipation rises about how the Supreme Court will rule on the individual mandate, a key element of Obama's healthcare reform, it is worth reflecting on how ironic it is that the individual mandate has emerged as such a polarizing issue. At least four ironies come to mind.
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David Callahan

Super PACs Put Democracy At Risk

How Citizens Union decision has given an even greater voice to the wealthy who do not always have the same priorities as the rest of America.
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Adam Lioz

How the Internet Costs States Revenue

Taken on a state by state basis, the losses incurred to the U.S. from the loss of out-of-state sales taxes are staggering.
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Elon Green

Bolster State Finances by Stopping Internet Sales Tax Evasion

Taken on a state by state basis, the losses incurred to the U.S. from the loss of out-of-state sales taxes are staggering.
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Elon Green

Who Gets Hurt the Most from Rising Gas Prices?

The progressive policy world does a great job of spotlighting the economic hardships of low- and moderate-income Americans, but I've long noticed a big gap in all this work: An appreciation of how much the volatility in energy prices impacts these struggling households.
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David Callahan

The Best Worst Option? Raise Taxes and Reduce Spending.

The opening sentence of "Reducing the Deficit by Increasing Individual Income Tax Rates", a paper [ pdf] jointly authored by the Pew Charitable Trust and Tax Policy Center, is worth noting: "Current federal budget policies are unsustainable." (A month before publication, the US debt-to-GDP ratio
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Elon Green

The Inconvenient Truth About High Gas Prices

The way to lower gas prices is to stop oil speculation, ratchet down Iran war talk, and make real investments in alternative fuel supplies.
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J. Mijin Cha

Short Shrift for Small Banks

We should stop rewarding giants like Bank of America with our public deposits.
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Jason Judd

Lessons of Deregulation: Corporate Cost-Cutting and the BP Disaster

Corporations are not inherently bad, but they have strong incentives to behave badly to increase their profits and stock value. The free market, which tends to push companies to behave positively when it comes to innovation, price, and customer service, often offers few counter-weights to the strong
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David Callahan

Car Country? Think Again. Americans Love Public Transit

One of the GOP’s recent favorite tactics is to take an issue that is fundamentally non-controversial and non-partisan and make it into a partisan issue. They did it with raising the debt ceiling, which has been raised under every president except for Truman. The latest target was public
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J. Mijin Cha