Demos Offers Resources on Financial Crisis and Election Issues for Post-Debate and General Election Analysis

Business Wire, Sept 26, 2008

NEW YORK -- Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy and research organization, is making a wide array of experts and research available to the media on issues central to Election 2008--including the financial collapse and the controversial $700 billion Treasury bailout plan, the state of the household economy, US involvement in global affairs, and the challenges and barriers facing voters on Election Day.

Demos analysts and experts appear in a wide variety of print and broadcast media. These include:

--NOMI PRINS, a journalist and Demos Senior Fellow, was formerly a managing director at Goldman Sachs and ran the international analytics group at Bear Stearns in London. She is a frequent TV and radio guest and has written articles for "The New York Times," "Fortune," "Slate," "The Guardian," and others. Nomi is based in Los Angeles.

--ROBERT KUTTNER, a long time journalist and analyst writing about the economy, is co-founder and co-editor of "The American Prospect" magazine, as well as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. He is the author of the "Obama's Challenge" and the "Squandering of America." Kuttner is based in Boston but also works from New York City and Washington D.C. www.obamaschallenge.com

--MILES RAPOPORT is President of Demos and former Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Miles has an extensive record of speaking and writing on election reform, economic inequality, voter access and voter disfranchisement. Miles is based in New York City.

-- TAMARA DRAUT, Vice-President for Policy and Programs at Demos, is the author of "Strapped: Why America's 20 and 30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead." Tamara's work on household debt and young adult economics has been covered extensively in the media. She also appears frequently on TV and radio and has testified before Congress as an expert witness several times. Tamara is based in New York City. www.strappedthebook.com

-- BENJAMIN BARBER is a political theorist and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos, where he is also President of the CivWorld Program. Barber is the author of 17 books and many articles and op-eds, and is founding editor and editor-in-chief of "Political Theory." In the 1990s, Barber was an advisor to President Clinton. Benjamin Barber is based in New York City. www.benjaminbarber.com

--BRENDA WRIGHT is the Legal Director in Demos' Democracy Program. Brenda litigates voting rights cases throughout the country and has argued cases before the US Supreme Court. Brenda is available for interviews from Boston.

-- LISA DANETZ is Senior Counsel in Demos' Democracy Program. Her work includes litigation and negotiation on voter registration and campaign finance reforms. She recently testified before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on the urgent need for voter registration opportunities at Veterans Affairs Offices. Lisa is available for interviews from Boston.

--LORRAINE MINNITE is a Senior Fellow in Demos' Democracy Program and a professor of American and urban politics at Barnard College. Lori has conducted extensive research on voter fraud in the United States and has been called to testify in Congress as an expert witness on issues of election integrity and vote suppression.

Demos experts can also speak to a range of additional topics, such as health care, the middle class, race, international affairs, election integrity/voter ID and voter fraud, trade policy, ethics and values, and others. A full list of Demos experts is available at http://www.demos.org/page369.cfm.

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