This event is a part of The Henry Cohen Lecture Series, which will bring leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to the New School to present their perspectives. This series will explore the intersections of race, social stratification, and political economy in order to help students gain skills and knowledge to foster economic and racial justice.

This is a hybrid event and you are welcome to join us in person or online.

All visitors to campus must provide proof of full vaccination with a booster on arrival to enter. Masks are required on campus at all times.

Dorothy Brown is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University. She is the author of The Whiteness of Wealth: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans- And How We Can Fix It (Crown 2021). A nationally recognized scholar in the areas of race, class, and tax policy she is the author of numerous law review articles, book chapters, and essays on the topic. A former investment banker and practicing attorney in the areas of taxation and municipal securities, she began her career in law teaching in 1991 and joined the faculty at Emory in 2008. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and NPR and her opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Forbes, and CNN Opinion.

Twitter: @DorothyABrown

Presented by The Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and The Economic Security Project at The New School.