SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
THE INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY
“Tax Policy to Reduce Racial Retirement Wealth Inequality” in Reducing Retirement Inequality: Building Wealth and Old-Age Resilience, Eds Olivia S. Mitchell and Nikolai Roussanov, Oxford University Press: Oxford (forthcoming). With Carl Davis.
“Tax History Matters: A Q&A with Professor Andrew Kahrl, Author of ‘The Black Tax’” 2024.
“Our Taxes Can Set Kids Up for Success.” 2024.
“Free Tax Filing Option from the IRS Would Benefit People of Color, Contrary to Corporate Warnings.” 2023.
“Power to the People: How Workers Can Fight Tax Inequity.” 2023. Human Rights Magazine. American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. Volume 49, No. 1/2.
“Hidden in Plain Sight: Race and Taxes in 2023 State Policy Debates.” 2023. Tax Notes State. Volume 110. October 23, 2023.
“The Moore Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court Could Widen the Racial Wealth Gap.” 2023.
“The Supreme Court Could Make It Even Harder to Close the Racial Wealth Gap.” 2023. Common Dreams.
“States are Talking About the Wrong Kind of Property Tax Cuts.” 2023. With Carl Davis.
“Preventing an Overload: How Property Tax Circuit Breakers Promote Housing Affordability.” 2023. With Carl Davis.
“Kansas Avoids Flat Tax Proposal, Narrow Victory a Cautionary Tale for Other States.” 2023.
“Race-Conscious Tax Policy Discourse is Shifting the Conversation About the Tax Code.” 2023.
“Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Shrink the Racial Wealth Gap.” Bloomberg Tax. 2022. With Joe Hughes.
“How the Inflation Reduction Act’s Tax Reforms Can Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap.” 2022. With Joe Hughes.
“Racial Discrimination in Home Appraisals Is a Problem That’s Now Getting Federal Attention.” 2022.
“Women’s History Month is a Reminder that Sensible Tax Policy is Central to Women’s Economic Security.” 2022.
“Reality Check: Drastic Income Tax Cuts Are Dangerous Despite What Anti-Tax Supporters Say.” 2022.
“Build Back Better’s Tax Provisions Would Help Advance Racial Equity.” 2022.
“School’s In: Tackling College Affordability Through State Tax Codes.” 2022.
“Federal Tax Reform Would be a Step in the Right Direction for Millennials of Color.” 2021.
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS
(all with Fiscal Federalism Initiative colleagues)
“2019 Federal Share of State Revenue Remains Stable.” 2021.
“Federal Funds Hover at a Third of State Revenue.” 2019.
“Federal Share of State Revenue Rises for Third Year.” 2018.
“Cap on the State and Local Tax Deduction Likely to Affect States Beyond New York and California.” 2018.
“Federal Funding for Low-Income Energy Assistance Highest in New England, Upper Midwest.” 2018.
“The Distribution of Select Federal Tax Deductions and Credits Across the States.” 2017.
“Student Loan Interest Deduction Should Factor Into Debates on Student Debt, Tax Code.” 2017.
“Federal Share of State Revenue Rises as Medicaid Grants Expand.” 2017.
EVERY TEXAN
(then-named Center for Public Policy Priorities)
“Sales Tax Holidays Aren’t Good For Texas,” 2016.
“Balancing Work and Family isn’t Easy for Texas Families.” Austin American-Statesman. 2015.
“Not Impressed by this Legislative Session.” Austin American-Statesman. 2015.
“Tax Cuts are not the Answer for Texas.” Dallas Morning News. 2015.
“Who Pays Taxes in Texas?” 2015.
“Preparing Texas Millennials for the Future by Expanding the EITC and CTC,” 2015.
“FAQ: Texas Taxes and Tax Cut Proposals,” 2015.
“Funding for DARS Misses the Mark,” 2015.
“DFPS House and Senate Budget Proposals Similar, But Priorities Differ,” 2015.
“Texas Health and Human Services in 2016-17: A Look at the Budget Request for the Department of Family and Protective Services.” 2014.
“Texas Health and Human Services in 2016-17: A Look at the Budget Request for the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.” 2014.
“Young and Concerned for My Future.” Austin American-Statesman. 2014.
PERSONAL WRITINGS
POEMS
“Instead, Be Water,” in Connecting Reality with the Human Heart. 2023.
“A Personal Journey,” in Connecting Reality with the Human Heart. 2023.
ESSAYS
“Coming to Terms with Mental Illness and My Identity,” National Alliance on Mental Illness. 2022.
“Erasing Mental Health Stigma in the Black Community,” National Alliance on Mental Illness. 2022.
“Yes, I’m Paranoid,“ Invisible Illness. 2020.
“If Progressives Want Lasting Change, They Should Do More Than Protest and Run for Office,” The Huffington Post. 2017. With Brandon McKoy.
“I Am My Own Savior: Advice on Thriving After Sexual Assault,“ The Huffington Post. 2016.
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