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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

Transit Investment Can Help Close the Racial Employment Gap

Improving transit access to jobs can be a key tool in closing that gap, according a new report from Algernon Austin at Demos, because people of color are more likely than white people to rely on transit to get to work.
In the media
Angie Schmitt

What we now know about who struggles with student debt

Demos, a liberal think tank, and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University found African Americans are far more likely to have student debt , regardless of income. Black families, after decades of being shut out of traditional ladders of economic opportunity, have the fewest
In the media
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Demos Response to Richard Cordray’s Impending Resignation from CFPB

New York, NY – After Richard Cordray announced that he would be resigning from his role as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Research at Demos and Demos Action, released the following statement:
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For Millions of Workers, Economic Opportunity Depends on Public Transit

Last year, Americans took over 10 billion trips on public transportation. These were trips to work, to school, to stores, to health care, to places of worship, and elsewhere. For millions of Americans, their quality of life rests on the quality of public transit.
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Algernon Austin

New Report Shows Lagging Public Transit Infrastructure is Preventing People of Color from Fully Participating in Our Economy

Underfunding Public Transit Disproportionally Hurts African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans
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Morning Transportation (A daily speed read on transportation and infrastructure)

LONG WAY HOME: According to a new report by the public policy organization Demos, African American workers are three times as likely as white workers not to have a car at home and they use transit four times more, which could be part of why some see transit as an issue of racial equity. The solution
In the media
Tanya Snyder

VIEWPOINT: Equalize Employment Process

A 2013 survey by Demos, a public policy organization that combats inequality, showed that 10 percent of respondents who were unemployed had been informed that they would not be hired because of some facet of their credit history. The same survey indicated that 1 out of every 7 job applicants with
In the media
Amanda Scott

Investigation Reveals Widespread Violations of Federal Voting Rights Laws in Arizona

PHOENIX – An investigation by voting rights groups revealed Arizona agencies are persistently violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which Congress enacted to increase opportunities to register to vote and simplify the registration process. The groups detailed their findings and
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Giving more people a bigger say in our elections

Simply put, black families in the District overall have less wealth and income than white families — and therefore have less ability to give to political candidates. This helps explain why black D.C. residents are underrepresented year after year in political donations.
In the media
David Grosso

Behind The Tax Cut: Records Reveal The Donors Republicans Fear

Studies have shown that policy most reflects the preferences of the most wealthy members of society and that those preferences do not reflect the greater public opinion on issues including the economy.
In the media
Alex Kotch