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Arizona, Louisiana, Nevada Among States With Onerous Laws and Rules That Could Affect Mid-Term Election Results; North Carolina Stands Out as Best for Voters

Not only will this Act help avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it will create hundreds of thousands of good jobs.

New York — Millions of low-income Americans can be brought into the political process through proper implementation of an often-neglected provision of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), according to a report published recently by Demos, and cited in yesterday's New York Times editorial, 

Today, Demos proposed establishing a public credit registry, housed in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as an essential part of a larger effort to reshape rules around debt and lending in order to reduce racial wealth inequality. 

We have faith that with the tireless work of the grassroots organizers, we will one day live in an America where every election — in every corner of the country — is free and fair for everyone.

“Representation can vary wildly, and it matters crucially to how your case turns out."

"There is more consensus about the need to go big on college affordability than there has been in previous election cycles."

“There are massive benefits to institutions, to students themselves in the long term in being more diverse and having a set of students from different backgrounds.” 

“You get a federal judge involved, then you don’t have the danger of having political leadership that isn’t committed to the work.”

Why New York State must act now on climate justice and public financing of elections.