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Vanessa Williamson

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Seniors sign-up to vote during National Voter Registration day at a high school in Escondido, California September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake - GF10000216439

Policy 2020

How to boost voter registration at tax time

Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

A woman exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot for the U.S presidential election at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - D1BEULQVQHAB

Campaigns & Elections

The Filer Voter experiment: How effective is voter registration at tax time?

Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Protesters wearing yellow vests gather in front of the Opera House as part of the "yellow vests" movement in Paris, France, December 15, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RC180E57DFC0

FixGov

What France’s Yellow Vest protests reveal about the future of climate action

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, December 20, 2018

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF10000109446

FixGov

When does better policy information change minds?

Vanessa Williamson

Friday, December 7, 2018

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to supporters as he arrives at WesBanco Arena during a Make America Great Again rally in Wheeling.

Taxation

Did Trump avoid paying taxes? Voters won’t like it.

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, October 4, 2018

House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) looks on during a news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1B213C57E0

Report

The ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’ and the 2018 midterms: Examining the potential electoral impact

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, August 27, 2018

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

FixGov

SCOTUS’s labor decisions: Bad news for working people, and a taste of what’s to come

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

A Black Lives Matter protester stands in front of St. Louis Police Department officers equipped with riot gear after the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer, charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was black, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., September 15, 2017. Photo taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC162B2292E0

FixGov

New data show that police violence predicts Black Lives Matter protests

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, May 17, 2018

A woman, who has been displaced by floods, uses a USAID box to move her belongings while taking refuge on an embankment at Chandan Mori village in Dadu, some 320 km (199 miles) north of Karachi October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - RTXT9RN

FixGov

Americans overestimate foreign aid? Not so fast.

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, March 19, 2018

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

FixGov

For Democrats and public workers, there’s a lot at stake in the Supreme Court’s Janus decision

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, March 15, 2018

An aerial view of The Villages retirement community in Central Florida, June 27, 2015.

FixGov

The only good thing about the tax bill

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

FixGov

Required reading to understand the tax policy fight

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, November 13, 2017

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

FixGov

Three takeaways from the Cruz-Sanders debate

Vanessa Williamson

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

FixGov

Back without popular demand: Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, September 27, 2017