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Today, six in ten employers say that they check the credit histories of some or all prospective employees before making final hiring decisions. This traps many jobseekers in a devastating catch-22.

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Amy Traub

Give Us Some Credit

States work to curb the financial background checks that can keep the unemployed out of work.

After two years of working in a temporary job as customer-service representative, Debra Banks was offered the job permanently. She was sent a hire letter, set a start date, and confirmed her new salary. But there was a hitch: To get the job, Banks had to undergo a credit check.

In the media
Amy Traub

Governor Synder's Austerity Budget Targets Essential Services for Michigan's Struggling Workers and Economy, According to New Report

 

Press release/statement

New Report Highlights Urgent Need to Regulate Credit Reporting Industry

New York, NY – Today, as Congressional battles threaten the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the national policy center Demos published a new report that shows how failures of the credit reporting system — and the increasing use of the system's credit reports and scores for non-lending purposes — are having outsized and damaging effects on Americans' economic health.

Download the report "Discrediting America"

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'Countdown' announces more regular contributors

David Shuster will be guest host when Keith Olbermann is unable to be in-studio, says a release.

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Jim Romenesko

Struggling MI Youth In Need Of Job, Debt and Education Programs

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

June 16, 2011

 

CONTACT:

Lauren Strayer, [email protected], (212) 389-1413

Judy Putnam, [email protected], (517) 487-5436

Press release/statement

Demos Statement on Maine Election Day Registration Repeal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

June 16, 2011

CONTACT:

Anna Pycior, [email protected], (914) 330-1103

Demos Statement on Maine Election Day Registration Repeal

Steven Carbó, Senior Program Director in the Democracy Program at the non-partisan policy organization Demos issued the following statement today in response to Maine repeal of Election Day Registration:

Press release/statement

RELEASE: Report Shows Minnesota's Middle Class Lagging In Key Indicators as Budget Debate Turns to Shut Down

For Immediate Release
June 15, 2011 

Contact & RSVP: 
Anna Pycior, [email protected], (212) 389-1408
Alex Amend, [email protected], (917) 822-7405
Lauren Strayer, [email protected], (734) 904-1704

Growth & Justice and Demos Show How Minnesotans Face Falling Earnings, Lack of Good Jobs, and Decreasing Access to College 

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Be careful about getting lulled into structured mess

This is very different than a CD, which comes from a bank with Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. protection up to $250,000. And it's different than a U.S. Treasury bond, backed entirely by the U.S. government.

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Gail MarksJarvis