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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

Demos Applauds Introduction of New Banking Integrity Act by Senators Cantwell and McCain

Would Re-establish Key Provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act—Limiting Risk Taking by Commercial Banks, Requiring Investment and Insurance Spin-offs, Ending Era of 'Too Big to Fail'
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Proposed Credit Rating Agency Measures Don't Address the Core Problem, According to New Demos Study

As Congress Takes Up Sweeping Financial Reform, Report Urges Fundamental Change of Ratings Agency Model Washington, DC — With the House of Representatives and a key Senate committee poised to vote on sweeping financial industry reforms, a new report by Demos finds that the proposed remedies fail to
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New Study: Subprime Loans Target Student Borrowers

Strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency Needed to Regulate Education Loan Products
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Federal Court Lawsuit Settlement Brings Ohio Into Compliance with National Voter Registration Act

Hundreds of Thousands of Low-Income Ohioans to Benefit
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Demos Calls Consumer Protection Loophole for Car Dealers "Bad Policy, Pure Politics"

The auto dealer-loan industry's exemption from CFPA oversight leaves families vulnerable to widespread financial abuse.
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STATEMENT: 76% of American Middle Class Households Not Financially Secure According to New Report

4 Million Middle Class Families Saw Economic Decline from 2000-2006; 23 Million Economically Insecure
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Demos Announces Heather McGhee As Director of New Washington, D.C., Office; Caleb Gibson Becomes Federal Affairs Manager

Expanded Presence In Nation's Capital Will Strengthen Congressional And White House Policy Outreach, Host Public Events Series Washington, D.C. — This week, Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy research and advocacy center, is pleased to announce two significant staffing changes: Heather
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10 Years Later, Looking at Repeal of Glass-Steagall

10 years later, the end of Glass-Steagall has been blamed by some for many of the problems that led to last fall's financial crisis. While the majority of problems that occurred centered mostly on the pure-play investment banks like Lehman Brothers, the huge banks born out of the revocation of Glass
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Cyrus Sanati

Generation Recession

The result of all this has been that many of today's young people--again, especially the poor, those with less education and people of color--have a measurably harder road to travel than their generational elders, according to "The Economic State of Young America," a report published in spring 2008
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Lizzy Ratner

Can We Get Some Small-d Democracy?

Last week, the Same Day Registration Act was introduced by Senator Russ Feingold ( S.1986) and Congressman Keith Ellison ( H.R. 3957) requiring states to provide for same day registration ( SDR).
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Katrina Vanden Heuvel