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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

Taxes and the Future of OWS

Chalk one up for Occupy Wall Street. Last Thursday, the New York State legislature voted to raise taxes on high-earners after Governor Andrew Cuomo reversed his longstanding opposition to such a move. Cuomo cited a large budget gap in explaining his about-face, but that gap is hardly new. What is
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David Callahan

Immigrant Ties and the Path to Citizenship

In recent years, the debate about immigration in the U.S. has focused largely on how best to expel the undocumented: more border security, bigger fences, and even moats have been proposed. It’s refreshing, then, to hear new ideas that acknowledge the humanity of those who immigrate to the U.S
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Canada Withdraws from Kyoto: Are Tar Sands to Blame?

As the Durban climate talks come to an end, Canada announced on Monday that it would be withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol. Wait, what? Canada? This type of move is somewhat expected from the U.S., assuming we had ratified Kyoto, but not from our progressive neighbor to the North. What happened?
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J. Mijin Cha

Game Plan for the 99 Percent

One exciting thing about politics today, for all the dysfunction, is that we are living in an era of big and sweeping visions. The conservative plan for America -- say, as encapsulated in Paul Ryan's Roadmap for America -- would be devastating for many ordinary people, but you can't accuse the right
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David Callahan

Hating Government, Loving the CFPB

"It is something out of the Stalinist Era," says Lindsey Graham. Perhaps the esteemed senator from South Carolina is angered by the CIA drone attacks? Or the Justice Department's kneecapping of FOIA, whereby the Agency seeks license to "lie, and claim records do not exist, when they do"?
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Elon Green

Cutting Food Stamps is Bad for People -- and the Economy

Newt Gingrich recently railed against increased food security for the poorest and unluckiest in our society. On Nov 30, he insulted Obama by calling him the “ best food stamp president in history.”
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Government Should Invest in Renewables and Clean Energy

Despite what critics say, the DoE’s guaranteed loan program is a successful program and government investment to further develop clean energy is the right thing to do.
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J. Mijin Cha

Big Thinking on Tax Reform in California -- But Not Big Enough

A ferocious fight over taxes is shaping up in California, where Governor Jerry Brown is supporting a ballot initiative that would raise $6 billion by hiking tax rates on the top 1 percent of earners.
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David Callahan

Osawatomentum

The speech bears repeating.
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Alex Amend

Government Should Invest in Renewables and Clean Energy

Despite what critics say, the DoE’s guaranteed loan program is a successful program and government investment to further develop clean energy is the right thing to do.
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J. Mijin Cha