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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

Supreme Court Again Favors Wealthy Special Interests in Funding Elections

New York – Today’s narrow 5-4 decision in McComish v. Bennett continues the Roberts Court’s retreat on fairness in elections, striking down trigger provisions that allowed publicly financed candidates in Arizona to receive additional funds for their campaigns when their spending was outstripped by
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Andrew Cuomo is on Quite the Roll

One longtime liberal voice in Albany, former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of Westchester, takes a severe view of Cuomo's first months. He thinks Cuomo, who says he hasn't shut the door on running for president in 2016, is playing two sides in the political game.
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Give Us Some Credit

Today, six in ten employers say that they check the credit histories of some or all prospective employees before making final hiring decisions. This traps many jobseekers in a devastating catch-22.
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Amy Traub

The Case for a Payroll Tax Holiday

Debt ceiling negotiators fiddle while Rome burns. The federal deficit must be brought under control, to be sure. But that’s a long-run problem. Our immediate and far more important concern is the massive unemployment that persists in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Budget Plans and Budget Talks: The GOP's Chasm on Taxes

Here's what I don't get about House Majority Leader Eric Cantor quitting the budget talks because he opposes any tax increases: Nearly every conservative budget plan out there -- including the Ryan plan -- embraces a fiscal scenario in which taxes consume a greater share of GDP than they do today
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David Callahan

Give Us Some Credit

States work to curb the financial background checks that can keep the unemployed out of work. After two years of working in a temporary job as customer-service representative, Debra Banks was offered the job permanently. She was sent a hire letter, set a start date, and confirmed her new salary. But
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Amy Traub

Governor Synder's Austerity Budget Targets Essential Services for Michigan's Struggling Workers and Economy, According to New Report

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New Report Highlights Urgent Need to Regulate Credit Reporting Industry

New York, NY – Today, as Congressional battles threaten the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the national policy center Demos published a new report that shows how failures of the credit reporting system — and the increasing use of the system's credit reports and scores for non
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'Countdown' announces more regular contributors

David Shuster will be guest host when Keith Olbermann is unable to be in-studio, says a release.
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Jim Romenesko

Struggling MI Youth In Need Of Job, Debt and Education Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2011 CONTACT: Lauren Strayer, [email protected], (212) 389-1413 Judy Putnam, [email protected], (517) 487-5436
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