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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

It's too risky to keep Indian Point nuclear power plant open: Gov. Cuomo

On March 4, Manhattan Federal Judge Loretta Preska upheld an NRC decision to let Indian Point operator Entergy use insulation that withstands fire for only 27 minutes.
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Douglas Feidan
Brian Kates

Indian Point Near New York City on List of High-Risk Nuclear Plants

The crisis in Japan has reignited intense debate among lawmakers about the safety of U.S. nuclear-power plants; nowhere more so than at Indian Point, where two aging reactors are 24 miles north of New York City.
In the media
Ellen Tumposky

Report: Proposed bill to deregulate telephone service would raise prices, hurt consumers

Rates for basic landline telephone service would probably go up if a bill moving rapidly through the Legislature becomes law, according to a report to be released today by two interest groups. The report, by the left-leaning New Jersey Policy Perspective and Demos, cites a 2009 survey by the
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Matt Friedman

Nuclear Power Play: A Look at the Industry in the Tri-State

In Connecticut, the federal government has awarded renewals for the two nuclear reactors at Millstone to operate until 2035 and 2045. In New York, the two plants at Indian Point — built in the mid 1970s, are up for renewal — but both Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
In the media
Bob Hennelly

Telecom dereg foes warn of rate hikes, service issues

When CenturyTel, a Louisiana-based phone service provider, merged with Embarq last year, the state Rate Counsel hammered out an agreement with CenturyTel that required the company to invest heavily in capital improvements over the four years following the deal.
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Darryl R Isherwood

The Sport Needs to Change

Professional football has a big, big problem on its hands, and I'm not talking about the lockout that is jeopardizing the 2011 season. Dave Duerson was once a world-class athlete, a perfect physical specimen whose pro football career included Super Bowl championships with the Chicago Bears and New
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Bob Herbert

Senate Rejects GOP's Plan for $61 Billion of Budget Cuts

Just a Prelude to the Real Fight, Robert Hiltonsmith writes at The American Prospect. What Republicans really want to cut is Social Security and Medicare, he writes.
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Elspeth Reeve

The Master Key

Creative ideas regarding energy, education, jobs and so forth have trouble even getting a hearing. The United States is not racked with the turmoil that is shaking the Arab world, or the tragic devastation that has hit Japan. We are not in a state of emergency. We’re in a moment when it is possible
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Bob Herbert

Congress' Anti-Consumer-Safety Contingent

As Michael Lipsky explained today, "One would think it hard to find a politician who opposes reducing preventable dangers to children. [ Pompeo] has stepped up to this challenge."
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Steve Benen

Seeing An Acorn But Missing The Oak Tree

There is an April 6th hearing on the Democrat’s appeal of the Indiana Recount decision that allowed White to proceed as Secretary of State. The next question, apart from the allegations in the indictment, is whether White was eligible to be on the ballot at all. You’ll find the Indiana Democratic
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