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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
Black mother and daughter looking at the city river

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

Many African-American and Latino Families in Danger of Falling Out of Middle Class, According to New Report

Landmark Study Based on New "Middle Class Security Index" Finds 3 out of 4 African-American and 4 out of 5 Latino Middle-Class F
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Are You Being Squeezed Dry By Your Child's Credit Card Debt?

Demos' research on student debt reports an 11 percent rise in credit card debt among college students since 1989, leading to financial hardships that spill over onto the whole family.
In the media
Fred Yager

Demos Praises New Legislation Designating Veterans Affairs Offices as Voter Registration Sites

Demos President Miles Rapoport Issues Statement New York, NY — Today, Miles Rapoport, President of the national public policy center Demos, sent a letter of support to Senators Clinton, Feinstein, Leahy, Schumer, Kerry, Wyden, Reid, Murray and Obama for their sponsorship of S. 3308, introduced in
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STATEMENT: VA Secretary Peake Urged to Stop Blocking Voter Registration

Voting Rights Groups Encourage Voter Registration at VA Facilities Washington, DC — Today, leading voting rights groups called on James B. Peake, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to reverse a recent decision that prohibits VA offices and facilities from offering voter
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Outside the Big Box

Demos' Public Works Senior Program Director, Michael Lipsky and Demos Fellow Nicole Kazee argue that small business interests have been hijacked by powerful interest groups that do not full represent the views or interests of small-business owners. So then, who speaks for small business?
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Nicole Kazee
Michael Lipsky
Cathie Jo Martin

STATEMENT: Federal Court Orders Missouri Department of Social Services to Comply With Federal Voter Registration Law

Finds Widespread Violations of Rights of Low-Income Persons under The National Voter Registration Act
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A Win for Low Income Voter's Rights in Missouri

Fifteen years after NVRA passed Congress, many states are still ignoring their duty to low-income voters. Recent research and field and field investigations have indicated that states throughout the country are neglecting their responsibility to offer voter registration at public assistance offices.
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Allegra Chapman
Scott Novakowski

New Demos Report, "Beyond the Mortgage Meltdown," Published Today

Findings Announced at D.C. National Press Club Event, Teleconference
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The Real Power of Campaign Donations

Demos Legal Director Brenda Wright helps examine how high limits on individual campaign contributions disproportionately benefit the incumbent in an election.
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Janet Domenitz

STATEMENT: Rejected Lawsuit Against Ohio for Noncompliance With Federal Voter Registration law Appealed in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Department of Job and Family Services Director Helen Jones-Kelley Named As Defendants
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