Shailly Barnes

Policy Director

Shailly Barnes is the Policy Director for the Kairos Center and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She has a background in law, economics and human rights and has spent nearly 20 years working with and for poor and dispossessed communities.

Shailly Barnes

Shailly Barnes

Celebrating Holi: A Prayer for Love, Renewal, and Justice

Policy Briefing #23: Solidarity, Forever

Policy Briefing #22: Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from the Expanded Child Tax Credit

Policy Briefing #21: Abundance for the Rich, Scarcity for the Poor

Policy Briefing #20: Homeless, Not Helpless

We Must Bring Back the Full Child Tax Credit

Shailly Gupta Barnes: Don’t Go Small on Infrastructure

Shailly Gupta Barnes: The Fate of the 2022 Midterms: How poor and low-income voters could decide the next election

Shailly Gupta Barnes and Jim Pugh: During the Pandemic, Poor Areas Have Had Twice the Death Rates of Rich Ones

Shailly Gupta Barnes: Direct Cash Transfers Lifted 28 Million Americans Out of Poverty During Pandemic

Shailly Gupta Barnes: The War on Immigrants Is a War on All Poor and Low-Income Workers

Shailly Gupta Barnes: How Low-Income Voters Shaped the Midterm Elections