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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

STATEMENT: Students and Young Adults Hit Hard by Financial Crisis

New Brief Shows Young Americans Need Wall Street Reform Washington — Young Americans face "lasting damage" from the dual crises in the financial sector and in personal finance, making it urgent that Congress pass strong financial reform legislation.
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STATEMENT: African-American and Latino Seniors Are Financially Vulnerable in Retirement and Unable to Weather Current Financial Downturn, Report Finds

Over nine out of 10 senior households of color do not have sufficient economic security to sustain themselves through their projected lives.
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Demos Applauds Franken-Schumer-Nelson Rating-Agency Amendment

Washington — Senator Al Franken (D-MN) has introduced a financial-reform amendment that finally addresses the root problem of the credit rating agencies—their built-in conflict of interest. The "Restore Integrity to Credit Ratings" amendment, co-sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Bill
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STATEMENT: Ohio's Young Adults Face Narrowing Path To Middle Class

Cleveland — Ohio's young adults will continue to face a tough economy--one ravaged not only by recession but also by 30 years of declining opportunity and security for all but the most highly educated and affluent, according to a new report by Policy Matters Ohio and the national policy center Demos
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STATEMENT: New York Leaders Rally for Real Financial Reform

Call out Wall Street for its Abuses and Army of Lobbyists Fighting to Block Needed Protections
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A Voice of Reason

Demos, headquartered in New York City, grew out of a series of meetings of scholars, activists, journalists and elected officials who were concerned about the ever-increasing influence of the right on public policy. "The thinking was that there should be more moderate, liberal and left-of-center
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Bob Herbert

STATEMENT: Amid Recession-Era Losses, Low-Income Women Benefit From Federal Law Requiring Agency-Based Voter Registration

Demos Report on National Voter Registration Act Highlights Benefits for Women
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Why the State Should Stop "Prison Gerrymandering"

One person, one vote? Not in Connecticut. Not in most places. When the bill had its first hearing at the Capitol last week, only one person testified. Brenda Wright, who works for Demos, a research and policy organization, told the judiciary committee that "crediting incarcerated people to the wrong
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Betsy Yagla

Derailing Help for Consumers

Who is looking out for the consumer? The antiregulatory mania of the past three decades and the stagnant wages of most American workers during that period have left families at the mercy of an increasingly predatory financial sector. As a briefing paper by the progressive think tank Demos noted:
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Bob Herbert

Banking Committee Advances Financial Reform Legislation with Only Minor Changes

Demos Looks Ahead to Critical Floor Debate
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