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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

Republicans and Latino Immigrants: What Happened?

Fmr. President Bush and Pres. of Mexico Felipe Calderón at the Chichen Itza Mayan ruins in 2007
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Global Laggard on Clean Energy

We’re number eleven.
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J. Mijin Cha

Obama's Deportation Limbo

President Obama speaks about immigration reform in El Paso, Texas on May 10, 2011 Among the many issues where the Obama administration is walking a fine line that pleases exactly no one, immigration tops the list.
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Americans Elect: Big Money, More Centrist Choices

One irritating thing about rich people nowadays is their boundless faith that they can solve society’s most daunting problems – whether it’s underperforming schools or the AIDS epidemic. Yet just because someone made a bundle trading stocks or developing software doesn’t mean they’re equally
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David Callahan

Bad Energy: The High Price of Coal

In the debate about how we should produce energy, it is routinely said that coal is cheap and renewables are expensive, and therefore we must continue business as usual to protect our economy. And what does business as usual mean? According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration:
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Jason Hochman

Demos v. Cato Round III: Occupy Washington In Addition To Wall Street

It’s not clear that it makes a difference whether protesters occupy Wall Street or Washington, since both places are dominated by an American wealth elite that has grown vastly richer and more powerful in the past few decades.
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David Callahan

CBO Report Shows the Stimulus Worked

One of the biggest lies in American politics today, repeated almost daily by conservative leaders, is that the stimulus Congress passed in early 2009 was an utter waste of money.
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David Callahan

Is the System Really Broken?

The supercommittee's failure is producing a predictable rash of handwringing about America's broken democracy.
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David Callahan

Stimulus At Stake in Payroll Tax and Unemployment Renewal

Now that the supercommittee has closed it's doors, Congress can get on with the all-important work of extending two of the most powerful stimulus measures in effect today -- the reduced payroll tax and extended unemployment benefits. Attentive students of Washington's now perpetual budget saga will
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David Callahan

Demos Announces Landmark Registration of 1 Million New 99% Voters

NEW YORK -- In a new analysis released today, national policy center Demos announced a major milestone in its work to build a more inclusive democracy: Across five states, more than one million additional low-income Americans, the most vulnerable of “the 99%”, have filled out voter registration
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