Heather McGhee
Author and political commentator
Heather McGhee is an American author and political commentator who once led the think tank Demos. She wrote The Sum of Us.
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American Born 1980 in Chicago, United States
About Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee is an American author, political commentator and strategist. She is a former president of Demos, a progressive think tank in the US that focuses on inequality. Her work has centered on policy solutions to inequality. She has drafted legislation, testified before Congress and advised presidential candidates. She is also a regular contributor to NBC News and appears on shows such as Meet the Press. McGhee has chaired Color of Change, an online racial justice organization. She earned her undergraduate degree in American Studies at Yale University and her law degree at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.