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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

Rich CEOs are the big winners of Trump’s race war

Back in February of 2016, Ian Haney-López and Heather McGhee urged Bernie Sanders to adopt this style of argument as a means to improve his standing with voters of color in the Democratic primary.
In the media
Matthew Yglesias

Demos Statement on Charlottesville Violence

New York (August 12, 2017) — In response to today’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Research at the public policy organization Demos, released the following statement. “The hate that roiled Charlottesville last night and today is not only shameful
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Everything White People Think About Affirmative Action Is Wrong

I’ve met a lot of white people who believe that black students get so much financial aid and scholarships that they don’t have to pay for college. [...]
In the media
Michael Harriot

The Trump administration just came out in support of Ohio's voter purges

But the A. Philip Randolph Institute, an African-American trade union group, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, and Larry Harmon, a man who was purged from the rolls, are suing the state over the law.
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Garet Williams

In New York City, a Progressive Solution to Transit Woes

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal for a “fair fix” tax is an exciting development.
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Connie M. Razza

Sessions DOJ Says It’s OK to Purge Infrequent Voters From Ohio Rolls

Ohio’s law allows the state to eliminate from voter rolls any registered voter who has not shown any “voting activity” in the last six years.
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Trump Administration on the Right to Vote: Use It or Lose It

The Justice Department released an amicus brief in the case, currently before the Supreme Court, over whether Ohio can continue to remove “infrequent voters” who fail to cast a ballot over a six-year period.
In the media
Ari Berman

DOJ Reverses Position In Big Voting Case Before Supreme Court

The Trump Justice Department is undermining the ability of people to vote, said Brenda Wright, the vice president of policy and legal strategies at Demos, which is representing the plaintiffs in the Ohio case.
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Sam Levine

Statement on the DOJ Amicus Filing on Behalf of Ohio

The Department of Justice abandoned a principled position that it has held for decades through three presidencies. By reversing course and choosing to stand with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and his practice of purging countless eligible Ohioans from the rosters, the DOJ has confirmed many
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Brenda Wright
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Trump Threatens to Strip Away Overtime Pay

The Trump administration is getting ready to give working Americans a big pay cut.
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Amy Traub