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Economic Democracy Explained: Reimagining Public Goods

Why it is so important we expand our definition of public goods and protect them from profit-seeking private hands
Policy Briefs
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Economic Democracy Explained: Deconcentrating Corporate Power

This explainer outlines the consequences of corporate actors consolidating their power to act against the public good, and how Black and brown communities can come together to collectively advance and envision a just, inclusive economy.
Policy Briefs
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Strengthening Democracy: A Progress Report on Federal Agency Action to Promote Access to Voting

After evaluating the progress of 10 federal agencies in responding to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, we find that most federal agencies have room for improvement. 
Policy Briefs

Black to the Ballot 2020: New Vote-By-Mail Policies Lead to New Forms of Voter Suppression

An overview of the vote-by-mail eligibility criteria in Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, and California and the hurdles Black voters may face. 
Policy Briefs
Demos
Black Futures Lab

Organization for Black Struggle et al v. Ashcroft

Missouri's absentee and mail voting systems place unconstitutional burdens on the right to vote and violates federal law.
Case
Updated October 9, 2020
Missouri
Decided

Universal Voter Registration: Eliminating One of the Biggest Barriers to Voting

Voter registration has long been weaponized to silence voters. And it’s not by accident.
Policy Briefs
Laura Williamson
Amshula K. Jayaram

Dominant Tech Firms' Concentrated Economic Power Threatens Our Economic Well-being and Democratic Ideals

Written testimony of Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law
Testimony and Public Comment
K. Sabeel Rahman

How Ohio Continued to Silence Black and Brown Voters in a Vote-by-Mail Election

Our analysis of voter turnout in Ohio’s primary finds large disparities in absentee ballot request rates and voter turnout between predominantly white and non-white neighborhoods.
Research
Shruti Banerjee

National and Missouri-Based Civil Rights Organizations Write In Support of a Fair Redistricting Process for Missouri

Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs-Respondents in Pippens v. Ashcroft, a case before the Missouri Court of Appeals on Missouri's proposed Amendment 3.
Litigation

Right to Vote: The Case for Expanding the Right to Vote in the U.S. Constitution

If we truly want to build inclusive democracy, we must articulate an affirmative vision of voting rights in the Constitution itself.
Policy Briefs
Laura Williamson
Brenda Wright

Common Cause v. Lawson et al

Challenge to halt implementation of an Indiana state law that would have purged voters without notice based on unreliable third-party data from the Crosscheck program.
Case
Updated August 24, 2020
Indiana
Pending

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition's Amicus Brief in Jones v. DeSantis

FRRC offers this brief to make three points informed by its experience working with formerly convicted persons struggling to participate in Florida’s democracy under the strictures of SB7066.
Litigation

11 Things Congress Must Do Now to Sustain the Finances of Black and Brown Households

Congress must address how Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people confront both the worst health outcomes and the greatest threats to household financial stability as a result of the pandemic.
Policy Briefs
Amy Traub