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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

States Get New Leeway to Tally Prisoners in Census

Prisoners will soon be bigger players in those high-stakes redistricting fights thanks to a change in federal policy governing how they're to be counted in the 2010 census. In this week's policy change on prisoner counts, Census officials said they would release data on prison populations to states
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Hope Yen

STATEMENT: Advocates Commend Census Bureau for Enhancing States' Access to Data on Prison Populations in 2010 Census

Bureau's Action Is First Step Toward Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering
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STATEMENT: New Report Shows One- and Two- Year Credentials Offer Path to Jobs

Community college credentials can play a vital role in creating economic security for young adults while at the same time rejuvenating career opportunities. New York, NY — As President Obama calls for massive increases in Federal college grant aide in the 2011 budget, a new report by the policy
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Marlborough May Become First Mass. Town to Require Voter ID

If the city's proposal to require all voters to show identification at polls is approved, it will be the state's first municipality with such a rule. Despite statewide accusations of voter fraud in the recent Senate election, many argue that the new measure could hinder disenfranchised voters from
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Kendall Hatch

A Way to Get More People to the Polls

One of the best things Massachusetts ever did was to allow voter registration at the Registry of Motor Vehicles — and even that logical decision had detractors. But it has brought thousands of new voters onto the rolls. Getting them out to the polls is another story.
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Environmental Leader James Gustave Speth to join Demos as a Distinguished Senior Fellow

New York — Demos is please to announce that James Gustave ("Gus") Speth is joining Demos as its eighth Distinguished Senior Fellow. Speth comes to Demos after serving as Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies from 1999-2009. Previously, he was Administrator of the United
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STATEMENT: Bank Regulators Move to Rein In Unfair Credit Card Lending Practices

Demos Calls for Swifter Action As Issuers Continue to Slash Credit Limits and Ratchet Up Interest Rates and Fees
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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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