--- title: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman | TIME description: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is a public policy doctoral candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the author of The Double Tax. canonical: https://time.com/author/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-2/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ## Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is a public policy doctoral candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the author of [The Double Tax](https://www.amazon.com/Double-Tax-Women-Overcharged-Underpaid/dp/0593714253). ## Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman *  Sep 9, 2025 ### [Rising Unemployment Among Black Women Is a Bad Economic Sign](https://time.com/7315624/rising-unemployment-black-women-economy/) "Black women are the canary in the coal mine on the health of the economy," write Marianne Cooper an... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 21, 2024 ### [Michelle Obama Reclaims Black Womanhood in DNC Speech](https://time.com/7013415/michelle-obama-dnc-speech-black-womanhood/) Her evolution was on full display [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 2, 2023 ### [The Heavy Cost of Banning Books About Black Children](https://time.com/6284174/book-bans-black-children-publishing/) Like Amanda Gorman, we all must hear and honor Black children and those who dare to tell their stori... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-2/","name":"Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-2/"},"name":"Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman","jobTitle":"","description":"Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is a public policy doctoral candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the author of The Double Tax.","url":"https://time.com/author/anna-gifty-opoku-agyeman-2/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```