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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

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

Voting Rights Watchdogs Ask Court To Protect Missouri Voters Before Elections

Missouri Secretary of State, Department of Revenue in Knowing, Ongoing Violation of the National Voter Registration Act
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To Fight Homophobia, We Need Workplace Rights

"I was first fired for my sexual orientation and gender expression at 19."
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Meghan Maury
Amy Traub

Seeking to Protect the Right to Vote of Missouri Voters in the 2018 Elections

Missouri is not updating voter registration information as required by law. We're seeking to change that.
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Naila Awan
Chiraag Bains

Celebrate the National Voter Registration Act by building a more inclusive democracy

Millions of eligible voters remain unregistered. To fulfill the promise of the NVRA, states must do much more to ensure all Americans have a voice in our democracy.
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Chiraag Bains

Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a progressive public policy organization, will deliver Vassar College’s 154th Commencement address May 27

Heather McGhee, leader of the nationally known public policy organization, Demos, will deliver the Commencement address at Vassar College’s 154th graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 27.
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Starbucks Training Focuses On The Evolving Study Of Unconscious Bias

Though the public is intrigued by the idea of Starbucks' half-day all-staff training on discrimination and bias, that is just the first in many steps the company plans to take to try to implement a better system, says Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a social advocacy group.
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Yuki Noguchi