Menu
Image of a hand lowering a voter registration sheet into an orange box with stacks of voter registration papers on both sides

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 

Press release/statement
August 10, 2023

We are changing the conversation around our democracy and economy by telling influential new stories about our country and its people. Get our latest blog and media updates here. For more in-depth explorations and analyses, visit our Resources page.

Featured
Ground level view of the Wall Street Stock Exchange

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. 

Blog
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.

Blog
Ashley Tjhung
supreme court

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.” 

Press release/statement
Taifa Smith Butler

The Student Debt Crisis Beyond Morehouse

"State governments have disinvested from public colleges and universities for a few decades now, and we need to reverse those trends."
In the media
James Wellemeyer

More low-income students are attending college, but they’re still playing catch-up on their wealthier peers

“Your income or your family’s wealth is extremely predictive of whether you’re going to go college at all and certainly what program you’re going to do."
In the media
Jillian Berman

Billionaire's $40M gift to Morehouse grads points way to student debt solution

With the country’s total student loan debt amounting to about $1.5 trillion, borrowers lose an average of $208,000 in lifetime wealth accumulation that could have come from retirement savings, investments or home purchases, according to studies from Washington, D.C.-based think tank Demos.
In the media
Antonio White

Why Robert F. Smith’s pledge to pay off Morehouse loans is a turning point for colleges and the billionaires that support them

“If you compare this to some of the other gifts given in higher education, it’s incredibly stark, and I would hope points us to a smarter, better model of philanthropy where people’s lives are genuinely being transformed.”
In the media
Nicole Lyn Pesce

Billionaire’s gift to pay off Morehouse Class of 2019 student loans ‘won’t undo systematic inequalities’

“The gauntlet has been laid. It also reminds us that public policy really does have a role to play. We should take a hard look at why this was needed in the first place.”
In the media
Jillian Berman

Elizabeth Warren Takes a Different Strategy to Court the Black Vote

“Public policy created the racial economic gap and only public policy can solve it.”
In the media
Adam Harris
"I Voted Today" sticker on the pointer finger of a Latina woman.

Happy Birthday to an Important Voting Rights Protection

How and why the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 has played such a critical role in increasing access to voter registration.
Blog
Brenda Wright
Laura Williamson
Pamela Cataldo

Elizabeth Warren building unlikely connection with Black women voters

“We are used to doing our homework and having to show up.”
In the media
Errin Haines Whack

They did their time. They regained the vote. Florida is taking it away again.

"The bill that the governor is expected to sign into law establishes blatant wealth discrimination in the restoration of rights process. The bill will create two classes of returning citizens… [and] under this bill your ability to pay will govern whether you can participate in democracy.”
In the media
Addy Baird

A Voting Reform We Need Right Now: Automatic Registration

There is an ideal pathway for knocking down a barrier that has kept so many voting-eligible citizens away from the polls: automatic voter registration.
In the media
Caleb Gayle