Our Experts
Robert Alvarez
Project Director and Associate Fellow
Institute for Policy Studies
Projects: Nuclear Policy
Interests: environment, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Waste, nuclear weapons
Sarah Anderson
Program Director
Institute for Policy Studies
Projects: Global Economy
Interests: CEO Pay, Financial Regulations, Financial Transaction Tax, Inequality, International Monetary Fund, Tax Reform, Trade, Wages, Wall Street, Worker Rights
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
Chief of Race, Wealth and Community
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Projects: Bridging the Divide, Program on Inequality and the Common Good
Interests: Extreme Inequality, Inequality, Race, Wealth
Julie Barnet
Associate Fellow
Marc Bayard
Project Director and Associate Fellow
Institute for Policy Studies
Projects: Black Worker Initiative, Global Economy
Interests: Black Workers, Fossil Fuels, Southern Workers, Wages, Women Workers, Worker Rights
Phyllis Bennis
Program Director
Institute for Policy Studies
Projects: New Internationalism
Interests: anti-war movements, International Law, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Israel-Palestine, Middle East, military budget, Refugees, sanctuary movement, Saudi Arabia, Syria, terrorism, Torture, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. wars, United Nations, War on Terror, Yemen
John Cavanagh
Senior Advisor
Institute for Policy Studies
Interests: Globalization, NAFTA, Philippines, Trade, World Bank, WTO
Chuck Collins
Program Director
Institute for Policy Studies
Projects: Program on Inequality and the Common Good
Interests: Dynasty Trusts, Estate tax, Hidden Wealth, Inequality, New Economy, Offshore Taxes, Philanthropy, Progressive Populism, Racial Wealth Gap, Tax Reform, Tax subsidies
Karen Dolan
Project Director
Institute for Policy Studies
Projects: Criminalization of Race and Poverty
Interests: Community Policing, Criminal Justice, Families of Incarcerated, Juvenile Justice, Local Democracy, Mass Incarceration LGBTQIA, Participatory Budgeting, Race and Poverty, Racial Justice