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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

Voting Rights Group Denounces Passage of House Voter ID Bill: Experts Available for Interviews

New York, NY — Demos, a leading national public policy organization, denounced the passage of the House of Representatives bill (H.R. 4844) also known as the "Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006," which would require all voters to obtain and present government-issued photo ID by 2008, and present
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STATEMENT: Ohio Officials Sued Today for Violating Federal Voter Registration Law; Sec. Ken Blackwell Named As Defendant

Cleveland, OH —A federal lawsuit filed in Cleveland today charges that Ohio's Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, and the Director of its Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS), Barbara Riley, have violated the rights of thousands of low-income Ohioans by failing to provide voter
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Early Planning Tips For New Grads

Many college graduates worry about their finances as they begin their professional careers in the red - a place where if they don't get a hold of their debt they may stay for years to come.
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Publication Announcement: New Book Lays a Moral Roadmap to the American Center

New York, NY — Today marks the publication of a groundbreaking new book on the moral landscape of America, THE MORAL CENTER: How We Can Reclaim Our Country from Die-Hard Extremists, Rogue Corporations, Hollywood Hacks, and Pretend Patriots (Harcourt Press, September 11, 2006; ISBN 0-15-101151-6; $24
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Giving Credit Before It's Due

Credit-card companies spend a lot of time enticing students to sign up for a card because they are lucrative customers.
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Denise Trowbridge

In Too Deep

Draut is one of the experts who claims the problem has reached "epidemic" proportions - yet the issue continues to worsen as more and more graduates and young people find themselves drowning in debt. As more and more young people get in too deep, students, parents, educators and lawmakers are
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Sarah Klein

STATEMENT: Groups Release Public Comments to NYS BOE Seeking Stronger Database Regulations that will Protect NYS Voters

New York, NY — The organizations listed below respectfully submitted public comments today seeking improvements in draft New York State Database Regulations.
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Digging Out of Grad Debt

For too many grads, though, "the 'debt for diploma' system" makes starting-out responsibility, financially speaking, very difficult, says Draut. The shift from free grants to loans since the early '90s has more than doubled the debt burden of grads who borrow to go to school. That's why it's
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Dorianne Perrucci

College Costs Are Damaging Future of Americans

Draut estimates 25 cents out of every dollar earned by indebted graduates goes to pay off credit cards or loans, for a total debt load of about $20,000 per person.
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John F. Wasik

STATEMENT: Supreme Court Issues Campaign Finance Ruling

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court today announced its decision in Randall v. Sorrell, a case addressing the constitutionality of Vermont's comprehensive campaign finance law, passed in 1997. Stuart Comstock-Gay, Executive Director of the National Voting Rights Institute, which defended the law
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