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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

Unfinished Business: Poverty Still Common Among Seniors

One last point about the new poverty numbers, which is that they show that elderly poverty remains a major problem in the United States. Conventional wisdom holds that seniors are doing just fine in the U.S. and that this is one area where the war on poverty was a big success. Well, not quite. Yes
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David Callahan

Native Born Americans Have Higher Poverty Rates Than Naturalized Citizens

As we continue to mine the new poverty statistics over here from the Census Bureau, here is a statistics that many people will find surprising: The poverty rate for naturalized U.S. citizens is 10.8 percent, while that for native born Americans is 13.7 percent. (The figure for foreign born residents
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David Callahan

Small Government = High Poverty in U.S. States

For decades we've been hearing that government spending helps to cause poverty by keeping people dependent and by depressing economic growth. This is not only nonsense, but new Census data shows that the exact opposite is true: Poverty tends to be higher in those states with small government.
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David Callahan

The Big Lie: Corporate Taxes Aren't Higher in U.S.

It's hardly news when House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan distorts the facts about fiscal policy -- his supposed area of expertise -- but it still surprises me nonetheless. Consider this whopper from a recent interview:
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David Callahan

Voting Rights Groups Charge TX With Discriminatory Intent Over Voter ID Law

Civil rights groups will release a letter to the Department of Justice charging an unnecessary, unfair, restrictive photo voter ID law intentionally discriminates against African American and Latino voters.
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Ponzi Scheme or Lifeline? Voters vs. Politicians on Social Security

Incredibly enough, Social Security -- long considered a third rail of politics -- has become a ferocious touchstone during this Presidential primary cycle, even with the Iowa Caucus still a half-year away.
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Elon Green

Bad Breaks: Tax Perks Neither Party Should Like

A long overdue debate on tax reform is now underway. Yesterday, White House aides said they hoped to pay for the President's $450 billion jobs plan by sharply limiting tax deductions for upper income Americans.
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David Callahan

Coalition: Perry's Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminates Against Minorities

A photo voter ID law signed by Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is unnecessary, unfair, restrictive and intentionally discriminates against African-American and Latino voters, a coalition of civil rights groups will argue in a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday.
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Ryan Reilly

The Politics of Hyocrisy and the FEMA Funding Fight

In the wake of disasters across the Midwest, most of the entire east coast and at least 30,000 acres of Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief fund has dipped below $550 million. Unfortunately, its continued solvency is at the mercy of Congress.
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Elon Green

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Has President Obama Given up on Green Jobs Creation?

Since the beginning of his candidacy, President Obama has made creating green jobs and growing a green economy one of his priorities.
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J. Mijin Cha