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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

Money May Not Shield Prosperous Blacks From Bigotry, Survey Says

Algernon Austin is an economist at the think tank Demos and the author of the book America Is Not Post-Racial. "I think what sometimes people miss is, what are the comparisons?" He points out that college-educated and high-earning black folks are in many ways more likely to be better off than black
In the media
Brakkton Booker

Net Worth of Latino Renters Drops 22 Percent

Latino homeowners’ median net worth increased from 2013 to 2016, but the net worth of Latino renters* declined 22 percent. The median net worth of Latino renters fell from $5,200 to $4,000 (Figure A). Non-Latino renters also had a decline in their median net worth, but only of 9 percent, from $5,800
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Algernon Austin

Indiana's tax cuts haven't led to 'higher paychecks'

The wealth slide is ending for black families
In the media
The Staff

Florida should help protect Puerto Ricans’ voting rights

Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico 2 weeks ago, creating devastating damage and a humanitarian crisis for 3.5 million U.S. citizens.
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Katherine Culliton-González
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U.S. Wealth Inequality Is Extreme and Republican Tax Plans Would Make It Worse

The Republican tax plans are fundamentally about making the super-wealthy wealthier.
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Algernon Austin

Monopoly Men

After an eventful summer in Silicon Valley, there is blood in the water. At stake is democracy itself.
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Demos Statement on the Season 2 Premiere of Upstanders, A Starbucks Original Series

New York, NY – Today, Heather McGhee, president of Demos, and Garry Civitello, a resident of Asheville, North Carolina, released the following statement on the premiere of the second season of Upstanders , a Starbucks original series. This season features the story of Heather and Garry’s friendship
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The deadliness of the opioid epidemic has roots in America’s failed response to crack

“In our interconnected society, racism — both interpersonal and institutional — is the flaw in the machine that often stymies our democracy and our economy,” McGhee, who’s working on a book on this topic, said. “Racism and bias against full portions of the population color the policy responses of
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German Lopez

Here’s how many New Yorkers are enrolled in the state’s ‘free’ college plan

Some are heartened to see functioning-for-free college popping up in places like New York and elsewhere. Mark Huelsman senior policy analyst at Demos, a left-leaning think tank and the author of an influential white paper on free college, said he hopes they’ll serve as “laboratories” for
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Jillian Berman
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Black Wealth Increases for the First Time This Century

Many Americans believe that we have achieved black-white racial economic equality, but the data continue to show that we have a long way to go. For centuries, we have had policies to help white families build wealth at the expense of black families.
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Algernon Austin