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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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

Why Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion Johns Hopkins donation won’t transform college affordability

Instead of putting money towards changing these systems — by funding efforts to make college free across the country or by making it easier for low-income students to get access to decent public K-12 education, for example — wealthy donors tend to funnel their money into causes that keep the system
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Jillian Berman

Trump’s Racism By Omission: Rude Theatrics Targeting Black Reporters Overshadows Questions on Voter Suppression

April Ryan’s question was simple, “Mr. President, what about voter suppression?”
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Caleb J. Gayle

Awakening Our Democracy — Divided We Stand? Reflections on the U.S. Political Landscape

Demos Policy Analyst Laura Williamson joins other democracy experts for a conversation on the mid-term elections and the current political landscape.
In the media

Demos report highlights how public sector jobs improve financial security for middle-class Massachusetts families

MASSACHUSETTS – Public sector jobs are the best way to rebuild Massachusetts’ middle class, says a new report by Demos, a progressive policy and research think tank that fights for racial and economic equity.
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The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College

“There’s plenty of risk embedded in taking on a student loan,” says Mark Huelsman, an associate director at the think-tank Demos. “Student debt can impact the ability to buy a house, impact the ability to save for retirement, or save for a rainy day or a crisis.” Sure there are reasons not to borrow
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Elissa Nadworny

Black Women Overcoming Social Exclusion in Politics

The challenges of existing at the intersection of anti-black racism and sexism have made generations of black women experts at ‘making a way out of no way.’ Using this solutions-oriented, highly-resourceful way of thinking, black women have created a political strategy that confronts these dynamics
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Charly Carter
Carol Lautier, Ph.D.

Demos Relaunches Emerging Voices Fellowship With Scholar, Journalist Caleb Gayle

Mr. Gayle will Investigate and Provide Commentary on Efforts to Restrict Voting Rights
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Let the People Vote

Last week, ballot initiatives to improve the functioning of democracy fared very well. In Florida — a state divided nearly equally between right and left — more than 64 percent of voters approved restoring the franchise to 1.4 million people with felony convictions. In Colorado, Michigan and
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David Leonhardt

Some colleges are totally unaffordable, and this tool proves it

Meanwhile, the overall cost of net tuition, fees, room and board rose 69 percent at public universities between 1997-98 and last year, even after being adjusted for inflation, according to the College Board. That’s a period during which the Census Bureau reports that median household earnings fell.
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Jon Marcus

"Election results were a major step forward for inclusive, multi-racial democracy in America," says Demos president.

Yesterday’s election results were a major step forward for inclusive, multi-racial democracy in America. The country voted in candidates who look like America: Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland, the first Native American congresswomen; Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the first Muslim congresswomen
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