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Dēmos examines ballot access issues, voter suppression in AZ, GA, OH, CA, IN, WI, MI, NC, TX, LA 

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"Ensuring that all eligible South Dakotans, particularly Native Americans who have been systemically disenfranchised by the state, have the right to vote puts us a step closer to realizing a more just, inclusive, democracy.”
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New Report from Demos, FUNA Coalition Highlights Fight to Address Power Imbalance Between Amazon and Working People in Virginia 
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With its purchase of OneMedical—and, even more recently, its purchase of iRobot, Amazon is able to harvest even more data, sound, and video. This has frightening implications for people’s civil and human rights.
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"Today's passage of the Inflation Reduction Act is a testament to the tireless organizing by Black and brown communities to elevate climate change and rising, unchecked corporate power as existential threats."
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Lyndon Johnson shakes Martin Luther King, Jr.'s hand after signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Fifty-seven years ago, the Voting Rights Act became law. Today we find our democracy regressed in a moment eerily similar to that turning point in 1965.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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The Court and Congress should be accountable to the people, not corporations.
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Laura Williamson
Daniella Zessoules
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This country’s sordid history of anti-voter discrimination—particularly against Black and brown voters—warrants scrutiny of practices that make it harder for eligible voters to cast a ballot.
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Angela Hanks has joined the Demos staff as Chief of Programs. Hanks comes to the organization with extensive experience working within the public and nonprofit sectors and a passion for the pursuit of racial equity.
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Hanks comes to Demos with a passion for the pursuit of equity and justice.
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"The consequences of this decision—made by just 6 people on an increasingly illegitimate Supreme Court—will be devastating."
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Taifa Smith Butler