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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

A New Twist on Equal Opportunity

What specific changes must nonprofit groups make to meet the demands of this new era? What are the risks of ignoring these trends? Do all nonprofit leaders need to become technophiles?
In the media

Reports of dirty tricks, glitches with e-voting

Brenda Wright of the National Voting Rights Institute said many problems could be attributed to election workers who are overworked and underpaid. "You can earn more flipping hamburgers than you can working a 14-hour day at a polling station,' she said.
In the media
Tim Harper

Don't Blame Black Culture

Senior Fellow Algernon Austin and Jared Bernstein discuss how the "bad culture" arguments about African-Americans are misguided at best and destructive at worst. By creating an erroneous causal link between "bad culture" and black poverty, the "Cosby consensus" prevents the country from recognizing
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Algernon Austin

Election 2006: Resisting The Voting Rights Rollback

Among the new voting requirements recently contested in courts are state-issued photo IDs and tight restrictions on voting registration drives. Proponents of such requirements tend to be conservative white Republicans who argue that tighter rules are essential for preventing voter fraud. However
In the media

Voter Suppression Tactics Could Mar 2006 Election, New Publication Finds

New York, NY — In communities across the country, voters could be subject to intimidation and a variety of suppressive tactics meant to keep them from casting a ballot. Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy center, published the details of these potential challenges to voting rights in a new
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Study Warns of Voter Suppression, Intimidation

A public policy group is warning that voters - especially among minorities - may face attempts at intimidation and suppression in an effort to sway the election. A study released Friday by the National Voting Rights Institute and Demos points to several incidents during the 2004 election and warns
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Monisha Bansal

STATEMENT: Low Income Americans Failed By States That Ignore federal Voter Registration Law

New York, NY — Across the nation, states are failing to meet a Federal mandate to boost voter registration among low-income Americans by offering registration opportunities in public assistance offices — a requirement established by Congress under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA)
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Hispanic, Asian, Native Citizens Face Voting Barriers

Voting rights groups are concerned that millions of US citizens with limited English proficiency could have problems when trying to vote this year.
In the media
Catherine Komp

Despite Laws, Disabled Voters Face Barriers at Polls

Voters with disabilities warn that despite anti-discrimination laws, many still face barriers when they try to go to the polls.
In the media
Catherine Komp

Credit card truth is in fine print

The language contained in some credit card agreements is written at a 27th-grade level, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. And many cardholder agreements today contain language requiring a minimum of a 15th-grade education, the equivalent of three years of
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Dave Anderton