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      • Carliss Chatman quoted in Marketplace on Corporate DEI Rebranding

        By Rachel Ruff | February 20, 2026

        Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, was quoted in a story by Marketplace examining how companies are quietly rebranding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The article explores how some corporations are scaling back or reframing public-facing DEI language amid political scrutiny. And, that the broader landscape is more nuanced…

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        William A. Darity Jr. Works on Report for NYC Health Department Studying Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Wealth and Health

        By Rachel Ruff | February 20, 2026

        February 20, 2026 — A new first-of-its-kind study of nearly 3,000 adults in New York City finds significant inequities in wealth and health outcomes across the 11 most common racial and ethnic groups, showing that Black and Latino New Yorkers have less wealth and unfairly worse health outcomes compared to others. Conducted in June 2024 by…

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        New paper from Omer Ali on Race and Home Values

        By Rachel Ruff | February 9, 2026

        Faculty Affiliate Omer Ali is an Assistant Professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh, and previous postdoctoral fellow a the Cook Center. Ali is the lead researcher on a new article published in Regional Science and Urban Economics this month examining the relationship between race and home values in Durham, North Carolina. The study…

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      • About Samuel DuBois Cook
      • Director’s Message
      • Contact Us
        • People
          • Distinguished Fellows
          • Career Achievement Award
        • Work With Us
          • Outside Opportunities
      • The Samuel DuBois Cook Center is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.

  • Research
        • Research Themes
          • Class, Wealth, & Social Mobility
          • Health Equity
          • Education Equity & Policy
          • Visual Narratives of Inequality
          • Environmental Justice
          • Policing Enforcement & Justice
          • Artificial Intelligence
      • Books
      • Journal Articles
      • Reports, Briefs, and Essays
  • Education
        • High School Programs
          • Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute
        • Faculty Programs
          • Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE)
      • Graduate Programs
      • Doctoral Fellows Program
      • Postdoctoral Programs
  • Media
      • Voices in Equity Podcast
      • Shame of Chicago
      • Durham’s Black Wall Street Exhibit
  • News & Events
      • Carliss Chatman quoted in Marketplace on Corporate DEI Rebranding

        By Rachel Ruff | February 20, 2026

        Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, was quoted in a story by Marketplace examining how companies are quietly rebranding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The article explores how some corporations are scaling back or reframing public-facing DEI language amid political scrutiny. And, that the broader landscape is more nuanced…

        Read More...

        William A. Darity Jr. Works on Report for NYC Health Department Studying Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Wealth and Health

        By Rachel Ruff | February 20, 2026

        February 20, 2026 — A new first-of-its-kind study of nearly 3,000 adults in New York City finds significant inequities in wealth and health outcomes across the 11 most common racial and ethnic groups, showing that Black and Latino New Yorkers have less wealth and unfairly worse health outcomes compared to others. Conducted in June 2024 by…

        Read More...
        Professional headshot of Omer Ali

        New paper from Omer Ali on Race and Home Values

        By Rachel Ruff | February 9, 2026

        Faculty Affiliate Omer Ali is an Assistant Professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh, and previous postdoctoral fellow a the Cook Center. Ali is the lead researcher on a new article published in Regional Science and Urban Economics this month examining the relationship between race and home values in Durham, North Carolina. The study…

        Read More...
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Keisha Bentley-Edwards joins conversation about maternal health gap as Early Childhood Advisory Council meets in Raleigh

December 10, 2019

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2019/12/10/maternal-and-infant-health-adovcates-tell-nc-about-racial-disparities/ 

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