Steve Phillips (writer)

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Steve Phillips is the host of "Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips," a color-conscious political podcast.^[1] He is a New York Times bestselling author, national liberal political leader, civil rights lawyer, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a multimedia platform on race and politics, and co-founder of PowerPAC+, a social justice organization dedicated to building a multiracial political coalition. He is also founder of PowerPAC.org. Phillips is a regular columnist for The Nation and is also an op-ed contributor to The New York Times. He has appeared on multiple national radio and television networks including NBC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CSPAN and TV One. Phillips currently splits his time between San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Career[]

Public office[]

In 1992 he became the youngest person ever elected to public office in San Francisco and went on to serve as president of the Board of Education.^[2]

PowerPAC+[]

PowerPAC+ is a nonprofit advocacy group that strives to build political power of the nation's "multiracial majority", consisting of progressive whites and progressive people of color.

PowerPAC.org[]

PowerPac.org is a social justice and advocacy organization that conducted the largest independent voter mobilization efforts backing Barack Obama, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris.^[3]

Books[]

Brown Is The New White[]

His book Brown is The New White made the New York Times^[4] bestseller list in March 2016 and Washington Post ^[5] bestseller list in February 2016.^[6]

Personal life[]

In 2008, Phillips began competing in marathons in San Francisco and has completed 16 marathons. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, the heiress Susan Sandler,^[7] and two cats.

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