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America Needs More Accountability for Disregarding Black Lives—Congressional Republicans Are Pushing for Less

A massive corporate lobbying effort is running in parallel and contrary to the Black-led push for accountability throughout American society.
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August 6, 2020
Amy Traub
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This Constitution Day, How We Can Undo the White Supremacist Roots of Our Nation’s Founding

Our Constitution was designed to protect the institution of slavery and has led to the centuries-long assault on Black people and the ongoing struggle to secure the right to vote. This is why we put forth a proposal to finally, fully guarantee the right to vote.
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Laura Williamson
Black trumpeter with a hurricane overlaid over his eye

Amidst Multiple Storms of Injustice and the 15th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Fight for Climate Justice Continues  

Gulf Coast communities face the same environmental and racial injustices they faced during Hurricane Katrina—except now with the overlapping crises of COVID-19, economic collapse, and uprisings for Black Lives. Policy change must undo this injustice.
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Lesley Williams
Adrien Salazar
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Voter Registration Through Human Service Agencies During COVID-19

We encourage states to update their procedures if they have not been providing voter registration opportunities as part of ex parte Medicaid renewals and SNAP benefit extensions.
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Brenda Wright

Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Denounce Insufficient Charges in Breonna Taylor Indictment

We are outraged by the fact that no charges were filed against any of the police officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
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Black voter at a distance in a voting booth with an empty booth in the foreground

Reflections on a Radically Honest Conversation: Thinking Boldly About the Right to Vote and the Constitution

How can an affirmative constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote, eliminate the symptoms of a democracy that has intentionally excluded Black and brown people?
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Brenda Wright

New Voter Registration Opportunity Fills Gap in the Pandemic

"In sending hundreds of thousands of voter registration applications to public assistance clients during a global pandemic, Kansas is doing exactly what the National Voter Registration Act intended and requires."
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

A statement from Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman

"Beyond her accomplishments on the Court, Justice Ginsberg was a trailblazer for the ages and an unparalleled hero for so many."
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K. Sabeel Rahman

Voting Rights Advocates Sue to Protect the Right to Vote of Missourians in the November 2020 Election

"At a time when people are struggling to find work and keep their families afloat, Missouri has chosen to make what should be the simple act of casting a ballot unnecessarily complicated and burdensome."
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Native American Tribes and Voting Rights Group File Complaint Against South Dakota Agencies for Voter Registration Violations

“The right to vote has never been more important, and access to voter registration is key to exercising that right...This lawsuit is necessary to ensure that South Dakotans can have their voices heard.”
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Digital collage of Black voters, Black Lives Matter protest, and MLK Monument

This Constitution Day, How We Can Undo the White Supremacist Roots of Our Nation’s Founding

Our Constitution was designed to protect the institution of slavery and has led to the centuries-long assault on Black people and the ongoing struggle to secure the right to vote. This is why we put forth a proposal to finally, fully guarantee the right to vote.
Blog
Laura Williamson

We Don't Need to Improve Democracy—We Need to Make It Work for the First Time

Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman delivers the keynote address for the California Law Review’s 2020 Symposium: Democracy Reform for the 21st Century.
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K. Sabeel Rahman
Black trumpeter with a hurricane overlaid over his eye

Amidst Multiple Storms of Injustice and the 15th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Fight for Climate Justice Continues  

Gulf Coast communities face the same environmental and racial injustices they faced during Hurricane Katrina—except now with the overlapping crises of COVID-19, economic collapse, and uprisings for Black Lives. Policy change must undo this injustice.
Blog
Lesley Williams
Adrien Salazar
Michelle Obama speaking at a podium

Things Can Get Worse

At the Democratic National Convention, former First Lady Michelle Obama made a point that is relevant to both parties: If policymakers do not take bold and transformative action, trends can and will get worse.
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Amy Traub