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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 unifying “race-class narrative”: Blueprint for progressive victory?

On the same day California’s primary election produced decidedly mixed results last week — encouraging for Democrats, less so for progressives — progressive advocates gathered in Los Angeles learned about how politics in California (and nationwide) could be dramatically transformed by driving a
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Paul Rosenberg
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Demos Wins Court Order Blocking Indiana Voter Purge Law

Today, for the first time, a federal court told a state that its planned use of the controversial Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck System (“Crosscheck”) to purge registered voters likely violates federal law.
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Stuart Naifeh

Starbucks, ABC responses to racist incidents show business value of decisive action

Starbucks enlisted the help of groups like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense and Education Fund (NAACP LDF) and Demos, a public policy organization committed to racial equality and economic advancement, to design a curriculum focused on recognizing bias
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Tonya Garcia

Fixing Racism Is a Tall Order for Starbucks—But They’re Game to Try

Nothing, it seems, has been more difficult to remedy than the issue of racism and implicit bias in this country, but this week, coffeehouse juggernaut Starbucksattempted to at least begin the conversation when they shut down more than 8,000 of their stores for a day of racial bias training following
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Christina Coleman

The American Demos is Rising

Demos is working to put equity at the heart of the national agenda and move progressive reforms forward.
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A Lot Less Fun Than Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day was a couple of weeks ago, but Americans need another day to think about what we owe to moms. May 30th is a less festive occasion: It’s Moms’ Equal Pay Day, a date indicating how far into 2018 mothers have to work to catch up with what fathers were paid back in 2017. In other words
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Amy Traub

As Starbucks Training Tackles Racial Bias, Demos Launches Series Addressing the Dynamics of Racism

New series exposes how social exclusion impacts society in several ways Report comes in the midst of national conversation about causes of and solutions to racial bias
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Trump’s America: More Freedom for Banks, Less for Working People

This is shaping up to be a truly miserable week in Washington. Decisions made in the halls of Congress and the chambers of the Supreme Court are dramatically shifting power away from working Americans and toward bosses and banks. To anyone paying attention, it’s clearer than ever who benefits from
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Amy Traub

Sherrilyn Ifill and Heather McGhee Respond to Preview of Starbucks’ Anti-Bias Training

NEW YORK, NY – Today, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Heather McGhee of Demos issued the following statement regarding the preview of the Starbucks’ anti-bias training:
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Starbucks calls anti-bias training part of 'long-term journey'

Starbucks said the long-term program is being designed and developed with input from researchers, social scientists, employees and other advisers. Those partners include consultancy SY Partners - which worked with Starbucks to reinvent itself after a business crisis spawned by the “Great Recession”
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Lisa Baertlein