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A Costly Mistake

The restrictive laws disenfranchise voters and divert important state resources

The Robber Barons Of Today?

Bill Moyers and Demos' Michael Winship on "The Party People of Wall Street"

Beyond GDP

The new Demos report on GDP by Lew Daly and Stephen Posner

Undermining Democracy Since 2010

At the two-year anniversary of the ruling, Demos looks at how Citizens United made a bad situation much worse

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The Many Elements Of Happiness And Well Being

January 25, 2012

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First Amendment Rights? Frack No.

So much for the First Amendment and for Speaker Boehner’s pledge to ensure transparency and accountability. Yesterday, documentary film maker, Josh Fox, was arrested while trying to film a...

February 2, 2012 | Mijin Cha

NRC Backtracks on Fire Safety Loopholes

Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a major decision that hints at an end to one of its' most irresponsible and dangerous practices, the issuance of secret 'exemptions" to its own fire...

February 2, 2012 | Richard Brodsky

Now THAT'S A Minimum Wage Increase

How much would I like to see New York raise its minimum wage? Let's put it this way: in 2001 as New Yorkers fought to increase the minimum from its then-abysmal level of $5.15, I dressed up in a too-...

February 2, 2012 | Amy Traub

Publications

Voter ID In Virginia: An Expensive Mistake

Virginia legislators are considering several bills that would make it more difficult for eligible persons to cast a ballot that will be counted, and would impose large costs for implementation. One...

Policy Brief

Liz Kennedy

Tova Wang

Beyond GDP: New Measures For A New Economy

For decades, GDP has enjoyed supreme status as the predominant benchmark of our economic and social progress. In reality, GDP obscures or ignores essential aspects of Americans’ economic and social...

Report

Lew Daly

Stephen Posner

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