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Memo: The Case for Comprehensive Marijuana Reform - Policies & Public Opinion

Although American voters from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support legalizing marijuana, the racially unjust, ineffective, and wasteful war on marijuana persists.

Guest UserAugust 19, 2020Justice

Memo: Alternative Data and the Future of Credit Scoring

In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), issued the request for “Information Regarding Use of Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process.”

Guest UserAugust 17, 2020Justice, Coronavirus

Memo: From Civilian Input to Civilian Control - The Principles of Effective Police Oversight

In the days and weeks following the murder of George Floyd, people throughout the United States organized and protested against racist systems of policing, criminalization, and incarceration.

Guest UserAugust 11, 2020Justice, Democracy

Memo: Voters Support the Creation of a National Investment Authority

Left-leaning policymakers will need to build new public financial institutions to aggregate and direct capital into this new clean energy economy.

Guest UserAugust 5, 2020Taxes and Spending, Climate, Justice, Economy

Report: The Climate Case for a National Investment Authority

The economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic creates a crucial opening for a speedy and deliberate move to a massive infrastructure-led rebuilding and “greening” of the U.S. economy.

Guest UserAugust 5, 2020Guest Writers, Taxes and Spending, Climate, Justice, Economy

Memo: Ending Dispossession Through Student Loan Collection - Policies & Polling

The student loan debt crisis is leading to tremendous dispossession of wealth and income from borrowers.

Guest UserAugust 5, 2020Education, Justice, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Biden’s Updated Climate Agenda has the Markings of a Green New Deal

The campaign’s recent additions to its climate plan are closely aligned with the targets set in Data For Progress’s Green New Deal roadmap.

Green New DealGuest UserJuly 30, 2020Climate, Justice

Memo: The Case for a Right to Counsel in Housing Court

The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically and ominously shifted the scale of the eviction crisis in the United States.

Guest UserJuly 29, 2020Housing, Justice, Judiciary

Memo: Voters Support the Biden-Sanders Task Force Recommendations

Over the last two years, Data for Progress and YouGov Blue have fielded twenty-five national surveys—totaling over 1,600 questions—to measure public opinion across various policy areas.

Guest UserJuly 28, 2020Climate, Justice, Education, Taxes and Spending, Healthcare, Immigration, Economy

Memo: Voters Support Requiring Federal Law Enforcement to Identify Themselves

In Portland, Oregon, federal agents in unmarked cars chased protestors and snatched them off the streets without explanation.

Guest UserJuly 27, 2020Justice

Memo: The Public Favors Supporting Students, Not Policing Them

Amidst the larger debate about funding for law enforcement, Data for Progress and The Justice Collaborative conducted a national survey to examine attitudes toward police presence in schools.

Guest UserJuly 22, 2020Education, Children and Families, Justice

Memo: Police Misconduct Records Should Be Public - Policies & Polling

There is strong need for public access to records of police misconduct.

Criminal Justice ReformGuest UserJuly 16, 2020Justice

Memo: The Case for Overdose Prevention Programs in California - Policies & Polling

In 2018, more than 5,300 people in California died from a drug overdose, the most of any state in the country.

Guest UserJuly 14, 2020State-level Polling, Healthcare, Justice, Disability

Memo: A Majority of Voters Support an End to Extreme Sentences for Children

Extreme sentences have contributed to the United States being the number one incarcerator in the world

Criminal Justice ReformGuest UserJuly 10, 2020Justice, Children and Families

Memo: Sheriff Discretion and Evictions

Sheriffs are the so-called “tip of the spear” in eviction proceedings.

Guest UserJuly 6, 2020Justice, Housing

Memo: Black Voters Want to Revolutionize Policing in the United States

Black voters lead all other voters on support for proposed solutions to police violence.

Guest UserJune 19, 2020Justice

Memo: The Case Against Qualified Immunity - Policy & Polling

The recent police killings have sparked renewed scrutiny of “qualified immunity,” the court-created rule that makes it nearly impossible to sue police officers for excessive force and other constitutional violations.

Guest UserJune 19, 2020Justice

Memo: Building Community-Based Emergency Response Systems

Though police officers are neither medical professionals nor social workers, cities and counties across the country routinely send armed law enforcement officers to respond to emergency calls for help when a person is experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis.

Guest UserJune 18, 2020Justice

Memo: The Case For Violence Interruption Programs as an Alternative to Policing

Violence interruption programs, used in cities throughout the United States, provide a proven, community-led, and cost-effective solution to reducing gun violence.

Criminal Justice ReformGuest UserJune 12, 2020Justice

Progressive Cabinet Project

Portfolio Description: The Department of State is perhaps the most visible and prestigious of any cabinet departments. The department presides over a wide array of tasks relating to the United States’s external affairs, including representing America abroad and advising the President on matters of foreign policy.

Green New DealGuest UserJune 11, 2020Elections, Children and Families, Climate, Education, Healthcare, Housing, Justice, Workers Rights