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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

STATEMENT: Demos on the Wall Street Reform Bill

Today We Start Rebuilding the American Middle Class
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How a Cap on Big-Bank Leverage Was Watered Down

Regulators can cap leverage if bank poses 'grave threat' to system Speier, who allowed that the overall bill is good, added that the rationale behind a detailed leverage cap is to keep big banks from growing so dangerously large that, if they were to fail, they'd cause collateral damage to the
In the media
Ronald D. Orol

New Voter Registration Rules Could Bring More Poor People to the Polls

Is Michigan following the law? Demos reports that in 2008 over 11 million low-income adult citizens remained unregistered to vote and the registration gap between low-income and high-income citizens was over 19 percentage points. And changes in how voter registration is done at public assistance
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Eartha Jane Melzer

STATEMENT: Delaware Passes Law to Count Incarcerated Persons at their Home Addresses for Redistricting

Delaware Passes Law to Count Incarcerated Persons at their Home Addresses for Redistricting Becomes Second State To Adopt Reform Ensuring Fairness and Accuracy of Redistricting Dover — On June 30, the Delaware Senate passed a bill ensuring that incarcerated persons will be counted as residents of
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STATEMENT: As We Celebrate Independence Day, Many New Citizens Still Left Out Of American Democracy

Washington—As the nation celebrates the 234th Independence Day this July Fourth, thousands of immigrants will take the citizenship oath at naturalization ceremonies around the country. Yet, the promise of full participation in our democracy continues to elude many of our newest fellow citizens, up
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New Government Powers Won't Be Able To Dismantle Megabanks

Too Big To Fail Lives Despite Reform Bill The resolution authority proposal is "a bit of a red herring" when it comes to credible ways to end TBTF, said Heather McGhee, Washington director of Demos, a public policy organization. It won't work, she said.
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Shahien Nasiripour

Political Prisoners in the United States?

The Census Bureau should be commended for taking action. "For too long, communities with large prisons have received greater representation in government on the backs of people who have no voting rights in the prison community," said Brenda Wright, director of the Democracy Program at Demos, a
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Dr. Daniel E. Loeb

Senate Democrats to Battle over Strength of Wall Street Reform Legislation

The Merkley-Levin proposal would target major Wall Street banks, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which became bank holding companies in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Industry lobbyists and congressional aides have suggested, however, that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
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Alexander Bolton
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STATEMENT: Senate Votes to Clean Up Credit Ratings Market

Demos Report Called for Clearinghouse to End Incentives for Inflated Ratings
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STATEMENT: Students and Young Adults Hit Hard by Financial Crisis

New Brief Shows Young Americans Need Wall Street Reform Washington — Young Americans face "lasting damage" from the dual crises in the financial sector and in personal finance, making it urgent that Congress pass strong financial reform legislation.
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