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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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 York Redistricting Should Be Non-Partisan, Not Bi-Partisan

In New York State, progressives' worst fears about redistricting have been realized. Last night the state legislature released a proposed constitutional amendment to "fix" redistricting in the state. This amendment was supposedly created by the legislature to fix the brazenly partisan redistricting
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Anna Pycior

Short Shrift for Small Banks

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

Tax Havens and Tax Loopholes = Tax Evasion

It's hard to believe now, but not a year ago the government nearly shut down over the princely sum of $75 million -- the amount of federal funding given to Planned Parenthood. To be sure, much of the opposition towards the funding was (and is) due to a willful misunderstanding of how the
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Elon Green

Crucial Caregivers, Meager Pay

Some of the hardest-working people in America aren’t covered by overtime or minimum wage protections. It’s crazy, but true: U.S. labor law was updated in 1974 to specifically exclude babysitters and companions. Since then, the lucrative and fast-growing home care industry has taken up residence in
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Sharon Lerner

What the CBO Report Really Says about Energy Subsidies

The thing about data is that if you pick and choose, it can say exactly what you want it to. The Heritage Foundation did just that when they took a recently released CBO report and claimed that the tax code no longer favors fossil fuels.
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J. Mijin Cha

The Destruction of Black Wealth

Some youngsters want to grow up to become artists or athletes or firefighters. Some want to be doctors or dancers. Charles Walker wanted to own a supermarket. “Ever since I can remember, I wanted my own grocery store,” he said over lunch on a quiet afternoon in snowbound Detroit last year. To Walker
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Bob Herbert

The CFPB vs. Student Loan Sharks

College students today take on more debt than ever with fewer prospects of paying that money back. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that 27 percent of education borrowers have past due balances.
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Women Leaders at Progressive Think Tanks

Here's a trend worth noting on International Women's Day: In just the past year, women leaders have taken the helm at four national think tanks -- changing the gender landscape of what has been, traditionally, a male-dominated sector.
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David Callahan

A Bad Voter ID Law is Put on Hold in Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Court Judge David Flanagan issued a temporary injunction on Tuesday that will prevent Wisconsin’s controversial Voter ID law from going into effect prior to the state’s April 3 presidential primary. After noting in the order that the Wisconsin State Constitution recognizes voting as
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After Super Pac Tuesday: Dominant Donors, Apathetic Voters

Republicans voters aren’t hugely enthusiastic about any of their choices because they didn't choose these candidates — donors did.
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Adam Lioz
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