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Settlement Reached to End Texas Voter Purge and Protect Voting Rights

“This settlement acknowledges that naturalized Americans have full and equal voting rights — they cannot be singled out and purged from the rolls due to their status.”
Press release
April 4, 2019
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Happy Birthday to an Important Voting Rights Protection

How and why the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 has played such a critical role in increasing access to voter registration.
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Brenda Wright
Laura Williamson
Pamela Cataldo
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Court Must Ensure Spanish Language Access for Voters in Florida’s Upcoming Elections

"Florida must provide comprehensive bilingual elections assistance, and it must provide it now."
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Disenfranchisement in US Prisons Thrives on Historically Racist Policies

The justice system has been deployed against people of color to imprison would-be-voters and keep political power in the hands of white men.
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Amshula K. Jayaram
Chiraag Bains

Elizabeth Warren's student debt plan reopens fight on how to deal with the college crisis

"Regardless of dollar amount, the existence of debt is far riskier for low-income and middle-income households."
In the media
Katie Lobosco

Elizabeth Warren is trying to tackle the skyrocketing cost of education with a plan to forgive student-loan debt and offer free college — but experts are divided on her ambitious idea

"The potential of this plan is that it increases public investment back to levels we saw when college was much more affordable, and it pegs it to a price for students."
In the media
Eliza Relman

Elizabeth Warren’s plan to cancel student debt has its origins in Occupy Wall Street

"The justification for student debt as the primary way we pay for college has been in part based on the assumption that we’ll have consumer protections in place, and we’ll try to make it as painless as possible for people."
In the media
Jillian Berman

Elizabeth Warren’s Student Debt Plan: An Outsized Economic Boon for People of Color

The dramatic rise in student loan debt has placed unacceptable risk on working-class families and on people of color, who must take on more debt for the same degree as white students.
In the media
Mark Huelsman

Florida Must Provide Comprehensive Bilingual Voting Assistance

Demos and our partners are committed to working with Florida's Secretary to create a robust set of rules that fully protect the right of Spanish-speaking Floridians to have their voices heard in the democratic process.
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Group of people raising American flags at a naturalization ceremony

Settlement Reached to End Texas Voter Purge and Protect Voting Rights

“This settlement acknowledges that naturalized Americans have full and equal voting rights — they cannot be singled out and purged from the rolls due to their status.”
Press release

Demos Pushes for Affordable Housing

Demos is calling on policymakers to aggressively invest in affordable rental housing units to help American families build wealth.
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Ohio Must Remove Barriers to Voting, Naila Awan, Senior Counsel at Demos Declares During Testimony

Demos is currently engaged in litigation to protect Ohio voters who have been unlawfully purged and to increase access to voting in Ohio jails.
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Naila Awan
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It’s Time to Take Student Debt Cancellation and Debt Free College Seriously

Senator Elizabeth Warren just unveiled the first plan of the 2020 election cycle that comprehensively addresses both college affordability and student loan debt simultaneously.
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Mark Huelsman

Retire early: Can ordinary Americans find financial independence and stop work by 50?

"A lot of things need to go right for middle-class workers on their way to financial independence."
In the media
Janna Herron