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Why Republicans Weren't Excited on Super PAC Tuesday

Blair Bowie | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Super Tuesday, U.S. PIRG, Demos, Citizens United, Super Pac, Republican Primary, Campaign Finance Reform, 2012 Election, Super PACs, Campaign Finance, Elections 2012, Republican Presidential Candidates, Money in Politics, 2012 Republican Primary, Super Tuesday 2012, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

The equivalent of 0.000351% of the population of the United States (or just 35 of every 10 million Americans) has given 96% of the money determining who stays and who goes in the Republican primary.

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Poll Shows The 'State Of Young America' Is Indebted And Dubious Of Attaining American Dream

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Young Invincibles, Report, Tiffanyann Johnson, College Debt, Demos, Student Loan Debt, Institute for College Access and Success, State of Young America, College News

NEW YORK -- Five years ago, when TiffanyAnn Johnson first embarked on her dream of a college education, her parents agreed to shoulder a majority of t...

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Bob Herbert's New Gig

Poynter. | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Bob Herbert, Bob Herbert New York Times, Bob Herbert Demos, Bob Herbert Think Tank, Demos, Media News

Former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert has joined the think tank Demos, the organization announced Tuesday night. Herbert left the Times in Ma...

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Legal Highs Demonstrate Antiquated Drug Policy Legislation

Amanda Feilding | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Colin Blakemore, Misuse of Drugs Act, David Nutt, Mephedrone, House of Lords, Demos, Drug Policy, World News

The 40-year regime introduced by the Misuse of Drugs Act has been characterized by a non-stop escalation in the misuse of drugs. Surely it is time re-examine it

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Who's Budgeting for a Middle Class?

Heather McGhee | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Deficit, Unemployment, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Federal Budget Deficit, Simpson-Bowles, Middle Class, Paul Ryan, Path to Prosperity, Demos, Politics News

For the first time, the majority of Americans believe that their children won't be better off than they are. If current trends continue, they're absolutely right. So as the lights are dimming on the American Dream, what are America's political leaders doing?

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Watch: Demos & The Ayn Rand Center Debate "Freedom: For Whom and From What?"

Miles Rapoport | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Freedom, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Ayn Rand, First Principles Debate Series, Ayn Rand Institute, Libya, Capitalism, Demos, Benjamin Barber, Government, Harry Binswanger, Politics News

Freedom is one of the most contested ideas in American politics. It has been claimed by the Tea Party and Ronald Reagan -- and by FDR and Martin Luth...

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Thanks, Bob

Miles Rapoport | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Bob Herbert, New York Times, Bob Herbert New York Times, Demos, Media News

Saturday was Bob Herbert's last column for The New York Times. The Times, the world of journalism, and all of us who want to make the world a better place, are the poorer for it.

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Ohio's Voter ID Law and the 2012 Election

David Callahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections, Lori Minnite, Jane Platten, Election Integrity, Voter ID Laws, Democracy, Voter Fraud, Jennifer Brunner, Demos, Voting, Politics News

Yesterday, Ohio's House of Representatives passed one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country. If the bill is enacted into law, it will make it harder for Democrats to win in the state next year.

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Watch: Demos and The Ayn Rand Center Debate "Government: What Is Its Proper Role?"

Miles Rapoport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Miles Rapoport, Debate, Ayn Rand, Webcast, Ayn Rand Institute, Financial Crisis, Great Recession, Yaron Brook, Big Government, Brian Lehrer, Demos, Politics News

After the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath a great political divide emerged among many Americans reexamining the direction of our country.

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Not Another Year-End List!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Why am I so obsessed with American politics in the first place? Does it really matter, or does interest in politics merely occupy the same part of the brain that used to handle starting line-ups, batting averages and RBI's?

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Weekly Audit: A Progressive Deficit Fix?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The co-chairs of the 18-member deficit commission issued a preliminary presentation two weeks ago tha...

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It's Time to "Out-Jobs" the Conservatives

Heather McGhee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Numbers, Unemployment, Ronald Reagan, Conservatives, Jobs Bill, 2010 Elections, Economy, Middle Class, President Obama, Jobs, Demos, Stimulus, Republican Party, Republicans, Campaign, Job Creation, Politics News

The American people want jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Yet the President's party has failed to make the simple case that spending is essential to creating jobs in the short-term.

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The Right's Obsession With Voter Fraud

David Spencer Seconi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheating, Voter Fraud, Lorraine Minnite, Demos, Politics News

While voting fraud does not occur at the level some conservative websites would have you believe, it is still wrong, however, to automatically assume the problem does not exist. Yet, it becomes impossible to solve such a basic issue when it becomes political.

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Medical Debt Is Deadly

Jose A. Garcia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical-Debt, Debt, Demos, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Politics News

Currently, we're in the throes of a hugely cynical election cycle--one where many candidates are exploiting economic anxiety while offering few specif...

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Obama's Latino Strategy Faces Voting Barriers in Swing States

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DREAM Act, Latino, Common Cause, Harry Reid, Obama, Colorado, Arizona, Vote Suppression, Maricopa, Demos, Politics News

This week could help decide the fate of the mid-term elections. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid - facing a close re-election figh...

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Women Call for Obama to Act on Women's Leadership

Linda Tarr-Whelan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Obama Administration, Women's Leadership, Demos, Women in Business, Corporate Culture, Business News

Having a few females at the top is wonderful, but until we have at least 30 percent of senior women in leadership, we will be ignoring a strong dynamic that is working well elsewhere.

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Beyond Messaging: Obama's Path to Jump-Starting the Economy Without Congress

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Obama, The American Prospect, Economy, Kuttner, Demos, Politics News

Cowed by deficit hawks, neither the Obama administration or Congress has shown an appetite for passing the sort of large-scale job creation packages that could make a difference in the ongoing unemployment crisis.

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Demos Promotes Participatory Democracy

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Registration, Barack Obama 2008, Bob Kuttner, Federal Reserve, Hillary Clinton, Credit Card Regulation, Rich Benjamin, Demos, Miles Rapoport, Impact News

Miles Rapoport found his true calling in 2001 when he was named president of Demos, a Manhattan-based non-partisan research and advocacy organization gearing up to oppose the myriad right-wing think tanks then dominating Washington.

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An Economic Downslide for the African-American and Latino Middle Class

Jennifer Wheary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Financial Crisis, Recession, African Americans, Demos, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, Business News

A report released last week by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that African Americans and Latinos experiences the most dramatic decline in home ownership rates in recent years among all ethnic groups.

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Moving Ahead on Reforming the Credit Card Industry

Jose A. Garcia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Demos, Legislation, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Card Industry, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Recession, Credit Card Regulations, Banking Industry, Predatory Interest Rates, Economy, Credit Card Debt, Chuck Schumer, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

It is projected that, between 2020 and 2030, developing country emissions of carbon from energy use will exceed those of developed countries.

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House Passes Significant Credit Card Regulation In Bipartisan Vote

Caleb Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Roxana Araujo, Citizen Journalism, Schumer Box, President Obama, Barney Frank, Timothy Geithner, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Demos, Credit Card Regulations, Ee, Politics News

Roxana Araujo is a financial crimes investigator for Florida's Office of Financial Regulation. It's her job to sniff out unscrupulous lending practic...

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House Passes Significant Credit Card Regulation In Bipartisan Vote

Huffington Post Contributor | Caleb Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Cards, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Roxana Araujo, Schumer Box, President Obama, Barney Frank, Citizen Journalism, Timothy Geithner, Credit Card Debt, Credit Card Regulations, Ee, Demos, Politics News

Roxana Araujo is a financial crimes investigator for Florida's Office of Financial Regulation. It's her job to sniff out unscrupulous lending practic...

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"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Institute for America?S Future, Gop, Usw, Mortgage Delinquency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Demos, Michael P. Brown, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Credit Default Swap, American Conservative Union, Hurricane Katrina, Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Olympia Snowe, Carl Rove, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, United Steelworkers, Economic Policy Institute, Barack Obama, American Prospect, James Lee Witt, Susan Collins, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wall Street, U.S. House, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, New York Times, Thinking Big Thinking Forward, Forclosure, Americans for Tax Reform, Stimulus Package, Politics News

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

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A Win For Low Income Voters' Rights In Missouri

Demos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voting Rights, Voter Registration, Demos Laughrey, Voter Applications Missouri, Judge Laughrey Missouri, Low Income Voters Missouri, NVRA MO, Voters Missouri, Judge Laughrey Voter Applications, National Voter Registration Act Missouri, National Voter Registration Act Laughrey, Demos Missouri, National Voter Registration Act, Judge Laughrey Social Services, NVRA Missouri, Judge Nanette K. Laughrey, Laughrey MVRA, Demos, Home News

A U.S. District Judge has directed the Missouri Dept. of Social Services to begin providing voter registration applications and assistance to their clients. The law to do so has been ignored since it passed 15 years ago.

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