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Yes, Student Debt Cancellation Would be a Big Deal

An executive action for student debt cancellation would provide much needed economic relief to millions of Black and Latinx families in order to avoid financial catastrophe during the continuing global pandemic.
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November 19, 2020
Mark Huelsman
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Two Students in College Graduation Cap and Gown with Dollar Signs on the Cap

Yes, Student Debt Cancellation Would be a Big Deal

An executive action for student debt cancellation would provide much needed economic relief to millions of Black and Latinx families in order to avoid financial catastrophe during the continuing global pandemic.
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Mark Huelsman
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How Biden’s Plan for a Public Credit Registry Will Build Economic Power for Black and Brown Communities

Credit reports and scores control access to public goods people need. Yet, in the midst of a global pandemic and economic collapse, remaking the nation’s credit reporting system is not the top concern. 
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Amy Traub
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Statement From Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman

For what feels like the first time in years, we can pause for the briefest of moments and breathe.
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K. Sabeel Rahman
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Managing Election Night Expectations

We should think of November 3rd as merely the first of many days of electoral uncertainty while states count every vote. And that is okay.
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Damon L. Daniels

Closing arguments: Join the joyful resistance

Voting has always been one of the most powerful tools of a justice-seeking people determined to defeat oppression and its propagators.
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Laura Williamson
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Local Groups Stop North Carolina from Silencing Black and Brown Voters

North Carolina was failing in its voter registration obligations even before the pandemic. Blueprint North Carolina and others stepped in to compensate for the state.
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Damon L. Daniels
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Reflections on a Radically Honest Conversation: Funding Black and Brown Organizations Like We Want Them to Win

It is more vital than ever that Black- and brown-led organizations have the resources they need to combat the many issues confronting their communities and to build durable and sustainable power.
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Caitlin Furio
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Addressing Voter Intimidation and Building Power: A Conversation with OLÉ New Mexico

Andrea Serrano and Miles Tokunow of OLÉ (Organizers in the Land of Enchantment) on their efforts to combat white supremacist voter intimidation and build power for working people and people of color in New Mexico.
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Laura Williamson
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Voting Rights Organizations: Eighth Circuit Decision ‘Blatant Exercise of Voter Suppression’

We are disappointed that, in the midst of a global pandemic and at a time when Missouri is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Secretary has worked vigorously to reduce access to the ballot for vulnerable Missouri voters.
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Empty chairs in a college classroom

Why Free College Matters in the Time of COVID

Now is the perfect time to talk about the federal government making a firm, durable guarantee of free or affordable college to all students.
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Mark Huelsman
"I Voted Today" sticker on the pointer finger of a Latina woman.

Keep Calm and Know Your Voting Rights

What to know about your voting rights and resources for ensuring that anyone trying to interfere with our communities’ voting rights ends up wasting their time.
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Adam Lioz
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To Save Democracy We Must Remake the Courts

The Right’s latest attempt to ram through a Supreme Court justice is part of a larger strategy to entrench minority rule. For democracy to survive, we need to reboot and reimagine the judiciary.
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K. Sabeel Rahman
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A Prime Day for the Pandemic Profiteers

Amazon has cashed in on the COVID economy, enjoying surging sales and a soaring stock price.
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Amy Traub