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Written testimony of Demos Associate Director of Policy and Research, Amy Traub before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services

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

Over 100 community, civil rights, consumer, and student advocacy organizations urge House and Senate leadership to insist on student debt cancellation for all borrowers during negotiations over the next coronavirus relief package.

Brief submitted on behalf of Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute and the League of Women Voters of Ohio 

Notice Letter to Missouri Governor Michael Parson and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft Re: New June 2, 2020 Municipal Election Date Due to COVID-19

Notice letter to the Ohio Secretary of State that aspects of the state's COVID-19-related election directive violate the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

The global coronavirus pandemic threatens to disrupt the Presidential Preference Primary election in Florida. The extension of vote-by-mail options and other accommodations at polling places is necessary.

We're asking Florida to immediately implement new procedures as a result of this crisis

We urge Ohio to take immediate action to ease and modify absentee ballot laws so that thousands of voters are not disenfranchised during Ohio’s March 17, 2020 primary.

One New York State bill would interrupt the cycle of discrimination that comes with employment credit checks.

The Supreme Court should hold that Title VII bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Department's proposed "EAP Rule" fails to sufficiently safeguard working people.

"We know this: the super rich and corporations don’t need a tax cut. The 1 percent are doing just fine."

The American Society of Civil Engineers has graded our infrastructure a D+, poor and at risk. Congress must act.

The fast food industry is the main driver of compensation inequality in the most disparate sector of the economy, with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2013 of over 1000-to-1.

More information about CEO-to-worker pay disparities is critical for investors.

We don’t only have a jobs deficit in this country. We have a deficit of good jobs. Here's why.

If passed, each of these pieces of legislation would destabilize a regulatory system that saves lives and improves our nation.

Congress now has the opportunity to erect new public structures guaranteeing stability, transparency and competition in banking.