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January 28, 2010
New Demos Report Finds High-Risk Trading Profits Soared in '09 At Affected "Too Big to Fail" Firms
By James LardnerNomi Prins
Read: Bigger Banks, Riskier Banks
Tags: Regulation | Business & Industry/Corporate Governance | Market Economy | Wall Street | Lending Industry
January 5, 2010
Environmental Leader James Gustave Speth to join Demos as a Distinguished Senior Fellow
By James Gustave "Gus" Speth
December 16, 2009
Demos Applauds Introduction of New Banking Integrity Act by Senators Cantwell and McCain
By Heather C. McGhee
Read: Six Principles for True Systemic Risk Reform | A Brief History of the Glass-Steagall Act
Tags: Regulation
December 8, 2009
Proposed Credit Rating Agency Measures Don't Address the Core Problem, According to New Demos Study
By James Lardner
Read: Reforming the Rating Agencies
Tags: Regulation | Business & Industry/Corporate Governance | Market Economy | Wall Street | Lending Industry
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Advisories

January 27, 2010
Statewide Coalition Kicks Off Campaign to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering
By Steven Carbo
Read: A Prison is Not a Home: The Lesson of People v. Cady
Tags: Prisons and the Census
January 20, 2010
The Future of Philanthropy: Will Market-Based Models Save the World?
By Michael Edwards
Tags: Business Ethics | Business & Industry/Corporate Governance
January 14, 2010
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Tags: Inequality
January 12, 2010
After Copenhagen: What Comes Next in the Climate Change Battle?
By Benjamin R. Barber
Read: Environmental Standards and the GSP | Environmental Standards and the GSP
Tags: Trade and the Environment
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Commentary

February 5, 2010
Funding Higher Education is Good for Job Creation
By Viany OrozcoJennifer Wheary
The Hill Read Full Article
Read: Graduated Success
Tags: Student Loans and Student Loan Debt | Young Adult Economic Issues
January 18, 2010
King Would Tell Obama to Be Bold
By Rich Benjamin
CNN Read Full Article
Read: Searching for Whitopia
Tags: Inequality | Poverty | Race
January 15, 2010
If MLK Were Around, He Wouldn't Care About Racial Brushfires in the Media--He'd Be Talking About Poverty
By Rich Benjamin
AlterNet Read Full Article
Read: Searching for Whitopia
Tags: Inequality | Poverty | Race
January 14, 2010
Why Can't We Get Anyone to Ask a Wall St. CEO the Hard Questions?
By Nomi Prins
AlterNet Read Full Article
Read: It Takes a Pillage
Tags: Business & Industry/Corporate Governance | Business Ethics | Lending Industry | Market Economy | Regulation | Wall Street
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News Article

January 7, 2010
A Way to Get More People to the Polls
Brockton Enterprise News Read Full Article
Tags: Same Day Registration/Election Day Registration | Voter Registration
January 2, 2010
Same-Day Voter Registration Proposal Has Pros and Cons
Mentioned: Brenda Wright
Daily News Tribune Read Full Article
Jen Judson
Tags: Same Day Registration/Election Day Registration | Voter Registration
December 17, 2009
McCain Backs Restoring Glass-Steagall Bank Limits
Reuters Read Full Article
Kevin Drawbaugh
Tags: Regulation
December 17, 2009
A Long Wait for Women's Treaty
Mentioned: Linda Tarr-Whelan
San Jose Mercury News Read Full Article
Patty Fisher
Read: Women Lead the Way
Tags: Women's Leadership Initiative
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