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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

Victory for Democracy: Mayor Bowser Signs Fair Elections Act

Coalition cheers final passage of bill, calls for full funding and implementation of landmark democracy reform WASHINGTON, D.C.- Advocates and activists celebrated on Tuesday as Mayor Bowser signed the Fair Elections Act, a major democracy reform that will bring small donor public financing to local
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D.C. mayor, reversing course, signs law creating publicly financed campaigns

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has signed a law that will create publicly financed elections, reversing her previous opposition to a plan that advocates say will help curb money’s influence in District politics. Bowser announced that she was throwing her support behind the Fair Elections Act, which
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Peter Jamison

West Virginia Teachers and the Working-Class Revolt

Faced with jobs that don’t pay enough to make ends meet, health-care costs that break the budget, and public services exposed to countless rounds of cutbacks despite a growing economy, working people will push back. And, like the teachers across the state of West Virginia who walked out on strike
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Amy Traub

Voting Rights Advocates Ask Federal Court to Stop Indiana from Purging Voters

Indiana—On Thursday, Demos, the ACLU, the ACLU of Indiana and the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, on behalf of Common Cause of Indiana, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the implementation of a new Indiana law that would allow the state to kick voters off the rolls based on flawed
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We Need a Race-Conscious Populist Economic Agenda

The recent State of the Union address showcased the particular brand of phony populism that Americans are coming to know all too well. It’s a populism that demonizes immigrants as the main threat to struggling workers. It’s a populism that loudly claims credit for lowering African American
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Amy Traub

Celebrating #Bioneers on International Women’s Day

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we are thankful for another year of power, spirit, and the vision for a more equitable future in the face of a system and political leaders who try to convince us otherwise. Today (and every day) we amplify the voices of the mentors who guide our creative
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Chloe Skewis

Building Democratic Infrastructure

Models and policy recommendations for boosting civic engagement and fortifying American democracy.
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Hollie Russon Gilman
K. Sabeel Rahman
Elena Souris

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HEATHER MCGHEE STEPS DOWN AS PRESIDENT OF DEMOS: Heather McGhee will step down from her role as president of Demos this summer and will become a distinguished senior fellow with the group. Starting in March, the left-leaning think tank’s board of directors will look for a new president.
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Marrianne Levine
Theodoric Meyer

Lobbying World

Heather McGhee, who has been with left-leaning think tank Demos for the past 15 years, has announced that she will transition out of her role as president. She’ll become a distinguished senior fellow at the organization. In the four years McGhee spent at the helm, Demos’s budget increased from $8
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The Staff

Playbook Power Briefing

Heather McGhee is stepping down from her role as president of Demos this summer. She’ll remain as a distinguished senior fellow and the think tank will launch a search for the next president in March.
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Jake Sherman