Chris Bangert-Drowns is a research assistant at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, he worked as a journalist with WPFW-89.3 FM, where he focused his reporting on economic policy and worker organizing. He also worked for the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO; AFSCME 1072; and other labor organizations in research, organizing, and communications capacities. Bangert-Drowns is a graduate of the University of Maryland College Park, where he earned a BA in economics and an MS in applied economics.