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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
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.

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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

All eyes on Beacon Hill's redistricting

Redistricting too often succumbs to gerrymandering. Instead of the people choosing their elected officials, the elected officials choose their constituents.
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Brenda Wright
Alejandra St. Guillen
Avi Green

As Spending Deal Looms, White House Waits While Progressives Simmer

Wherever the final line is drawn, Democrats appear willing to accept a deal close to Republican leaders’ original plan. White House aides say that such a deal could pay political dividends when the bigger fights start because the agreement would establish the president as the most reasonable
In the media
Tim Fernholz

I'll Miss Bob Herbert

New York Times columnist Bob Herbert has written his last New York Times column, but I hope and expect he will stay in the debate. He lived up to the venerable injunction that journalists should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. We need his passion.
In the media
E.J. Dionne Jr.

The GOP's Voter ID gambit

Among the other states taking up the issue are Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Ohio. In all four of those states, Republicans advanced their Voter ID bills last week. Those states look to join the eight states that require photo ID and the 19 that require some form of ID, according to the National
In the media
Aaron Blake

Attorney general says Indian Point lax on fire safety, asks feds to act

The state attorney general wants federal regulators to take enforcement action against the Indian Point nuclear plant for what he called the company's failure to comply with fire safety requirements. "In the wake of Japan's crisis, our country's nuclear facilities should be bolstering their safety
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Groups Request Info on Reactor Exemptions, Evacuation

Richard Brodsky, a former New York Assemblyman, currently serving as a senior fellow at the national policy center Demos, has sent a Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA) request to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B.
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"We Are One" Rallies Across America

In the media
Miles Rapoport

The People's Journalist, Bob Herbert, Steps Down at The New York Times

After almost 18 years, a unique, compassionate voice and champion for the nameless, faceless downtrodden will be silenced. Bob Herbert wrote his last column for the New York Times on Friday March 25th. Who will replace him and become that voice for those who need one most?
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Pearl Korn

Thanks, Bob

Saturday was Bob Herbert's
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Miles Rapoport

Losing Our Way

Limitless greed, unrestrained corporate power and a ferocious addiction to foreign oil have led us to an era of perpetual war and economic decline. So here we are pouring shiploads of cash into yet another war, this time in Libya, while simultaneously demolishing school budgets, closing libraries
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Bob Herbert