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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

Why Brown University’s no-loans policy won’t make college more accessible

No-loan policies at selective institutions can be eye-catching for low-income students that may not have viewed those schools as a viable option said Mark Huelsman, a senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank. But they do little to increase equity in higher education because the
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Jillian Berman

Demos Statement on DOL New Rules About Tips

New York, NY – On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule that would change regulations pertaining to the distribution of tips earned by restaurant workers. Demos’ Associate Director of Policy and Research Amy Traub released the following statement. “The new rule proposed by
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Bright Spot: The Fourth Regional Plan for the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Metropolitan Area

Since Donald Trump took office, people who care about equity, opportunity, and infrastructure have been waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Connie M. Razza

The resegregation of America

Indeed, the U.S. racial wealth gap remains largely attributable to public policy decisions driven by resegregation. Demos, a progressive think tank, explains this gap as a product of “the continuing impact of redlining on American home ownership to the retreat from desegregation in public education
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Christopher Petrella

For a better Pennsylvania: Part 4 - voting reforms

Katherine Culliton-González is senior counsel at Demos (the people), a New York-based nonpartisan, nonprofit voter-rights group active in litigating voting issues, including Pennsylvania’s voter ID law, ruled unconstitutional in 2014. “Pennsylvania has a history. And it continues to create barriers
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John Baer

Demos Statement on Senate Approval of GOP Tax Scam

New York, NY – Today, the Republican-led U.S. Senate voted on strictly partisan lines to approve a new tax plan that will increase taxes on working- and middle-class Americans while lowering taxes on billionaires and wealthy corporations. In response, Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and
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Money Out, Voters In

More than 80 DC Residents Gather at Community Meeting To Discuss Proposal To Strengthen Local Democracy

DC Fair Elections Act would reign in the influence of big money in our local elections.
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Tax Reform and Its Automatic Budget Cuts are Starve-the-Beast in Action

The tax debate undersells the impact of this current debate on working-class communities, and misses part of why the GOP tax plan is so radical.
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Mark Huelsman

Tax Plan Threatens Health, Environment, and the Clean Energy Economy

The Republican tax plans proposed by the House and Senate uphold the status quo fossil fuel economy and threaten the health of communities.
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Adrien Salazar

Donor-Driven Tax Policy from Government Of, By, and For the 1%

We know the Trump plan is a giveaway to the rich demanded by big donors, because prominent Republicans have been more candid than usual on the topic.
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Adam Lioz