Key Research
Research Papers
EFFECTS OF TAX POLICY BY RACE, CLASS, GENDER
Home Ownership in Black and White, 49 U. Mem. L. Rev. 205 (2018)
Lessons from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Tax Returns, Tax Notes, March 10, 2014
The 535 Report: A Pathway to Fundamental Tax Reform, 40 Pepperdine L. Rev. 1155 (2013)
Teaching Civil Rights Through The Basic Tax Course, 54 St. Louis L. Rev. 809 (2010)
Shades of the American Dream, 87 Wash. U. L. Rev. 329 (2010)
Why the Obamas Paid Too Much in Taxes, 127 Tax Notes 805 (2010)
Race, Class, and the Obama Tax Plan, 86 Denv. L. Rev. 575 (2009)
Race and Class Matters in Tax Policy, 107 Colum. L. Rev. 790 (2007)
Pensions and Risk Aversion: The Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Investor Behavior, 11 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 385 (2007)
The Tax Treatment of Children: Separate But Unequal, 54 Emory L. J. 757 (2005)
Fighting Racism in the Twenty-First Century, 61 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1485 (2004)
Pensions, Risk, and Race, 61 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1501 (2004)
Social Security and Marriage in Black and White, 65 Ohio St. L. J. 111 (2004)
Racial Equality in the Twenty-First Century: What’s Tax Policy Got To Do With It?, 21 U. Ark. Little Rock L. J. 759 (1999)
The Marriage Bonus/Penalty in Black and White: Legislative Solutions, 16 N.Y. L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 287 (1999)
Split Personalities: Tax Law and Critical Race Theory, 19 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 89 (1997)
Race, Class, and Gender Essentialism in Tax Literature: The Joint Return, 54 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1469 (1997)
WORKPLACE EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Diversity and the High-Tech Industry, 6 Ala. Civil Rts. Civ. Lib. L. Rev. __ (2014)
Tales From A Tax Critic, 10 Pittsburgh Tax Rev. 47 (2013)
LAW SCHOOL REFORM
Law School Without Borders, 45 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1050 (2014)
Taking Grutter Seriously: Getting Beyond the Numbers, 43 Houston L. Rev. 1 (2006)
The LSAT Sweepstakes, 2 J. Gender, Race & Just. 59 (1998)
Faith or Foolishness (reviewing Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944, by J. Clay Smith, Jr.), 11 Harv. BlackLetter L. J. 169 (1994)
Public Scholarship/Opinion pieces
July 30, 2020 What Obama knew about John Lewis; CNN.com (invited)
July 17, 2020 Georgia Gov. Kemp shows he doesn’t care about Black people; CNN.com (invited)
June 3, 2020 George W. Bush finally steps onto the right side of history; CNN.com (invited)
Feb. 15, 2020 Russia learned this lesson from the 2008 election. Have our presidential candidates?; CNN.com (invited)
Aug. 8, 2019 Our work in Ferguson is unfinished; CNN.com (invited)
July 30, 2019 Trump picked the wrong place to prove he’s “no racist”; CNN.com (invited)
June 20, 2019 For some black voters, Joe Biden is deeply problematic. But Trump is even worse; CNN.com (invited)
June 14, 2019 The real reason Trump won’t put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill; CNN.com (invited)
Nov. 1, 2018 Why the awful Trump ad? Racism is one helluva drug; CNN.com (invited)
Oct. 20, 2017 John Kelly Showed his True Colors; CNN.com (invited)
Jan. 9, 2017 The Exceptionalism of Obama’s Presidency; CNN.com (invited)
Oct. 8, 2016 Real Reason Republicans are Ditching Trump? It’s white women; CNN.com
Sep. 5, 2016 Georgetown’s apology for slave trade doesn’t go far enough; CNN.com
Mar. 17, 2016 Which Top Law School Will Close? Follow The Money; Forbes.com
Dec. 14, 2015 Scalia and the misguided ‘mismatch’ theory; CNN.com
Aug. 18, 2015 What Hilary Clinton doesn’t get about #BlackLivesMatter; CNN.com
July 9, 2015 The Power of White Outrage; CNN.com
July 9, 2015 Jeb Bush Paid too much in Taxes; PostEverything (Washington Post)
June 9, 2015 How McKinney Pool Party incident has everything to do with Race; CNN.com
Apr. 27, 2015 The Real Shame of Ben Affleck Running From his Family’s History; CNN.com
Apr. 9, 2015 Did Cops Learn From Mistakes of Ferguson?; CNN.com
Mar. 27, 2015 How Howard Schultz and Starbucks Should Have Addressed Race; Forbes.com
Mar. 9, 2015 Law Schools are in a Death Spiral; PostEverything (Washington Post)
Mar. 5, 2015 Ferguson’s Perfect Storm of Racism; CNN.com
Nov. 5, 2014 Why Black Voters Didn’t Help GOP Win; CNN.com
Aug. 14, 2014 How Ferguson’s Citizens can Take Back Power; CNN.com
July 14, 2014 Why Holder Remark made White People Mad; CNN.com
June 23, 2014 Pay Gaps at Colleges Affect Even Those on Top; nytimes.com (Room for Debate)
Mar. 17, 2014 Paula Deen’s Alternate Universe; CNN.com
Oct. 3, 2013 Keep the Judges Out of It and Keep Negotiating; nytimes.com (Room for Debate)
Apr. 17, 2013 The Only Path for Elderly Citizens; nytimes.com (Room for Debate)
Apr. 17, 2013 It’s Time We Learned What Members of Congress Pay In Taxes; Forbes.com
Apr. 15, 2013 A Reboot For Legal Education; Law.com
Dec. 10, 2012 How Home Ownership Keeps Blacks Poorer Than Whites; Forbes.com
Nov. 18, 2012 A Real World Approach to Diversity; Law.com
Sept. 16, 2012 Harry Reid has a Glass House Quandary on Taxes, Bloomberg.com
Apr. 17, 2012 Let’s Kill the Progressive Tax Rate System, CNN.com
Dec. 3, 2010 End the Unfair Tax Break for Homeowners, CNN.com
June 16, 2010 BP Right to Stop Paying Dividends, CNN.com
Mar. 9, 2009 Two Americas, Two Tax Codes, NY TIMES, Sec. 1, at A21.
Apr. 8, 2006 A Tax Credit or a Handout?, NY TIMES, Sec. 1, at A23.
Jan. 25, 2004 In Sickness, in Health and in the Tax Code, NY TIMES, Sec. 4, at 15.