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As student loan repayments are set to restart, the Education Department looks to ease the transition

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What is the cost of racism? More lawmakers are embracing reparations for Black people

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Supreme Court decision in UNC admissions case elicits strong reactions

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Using economics to understand the cost of inequity and discrimination- Lauren Russell PhD 2023

Color can play a powerful role in design by drawing attention, setting the tone for a message and guiding the direction of the viewer. Duke’s color palette was designed to support the brand identity and provide visual cohesion across channels and publications throughout the university. It was updated in 2018 to include Hex codes for…

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We Are summer camp aims to disrupt systemic racism

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Daily Skimm: William Darity Jr. and Thai Jones on the debate over reparations

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Are Reparations A Possibility? We Asked The Experts

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‘We shouldn’t be losing our lives’: Death of Olympian reignites Black maternal health conversation

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William E. Spriggs, Economist Who Pushed for Racial Justice, Dies at 68

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Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackman Carr Co-Authors Publication

Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut, recently co-authored a paper on how web-based communities can help Black women reach their target goals for physical activity. Describing the background and objective of this study, Carr and colleagues (2023) write: About 59%-73% of Black women…