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Carliss Chatman writes about Texas ballot proposition to permanently ban taxes on security transactions in Bloomberg Law

Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, wrote an op-ed on Proposition 6, a measure on the upcoming Texas's ballot that would make Texas the only state in the nation with a constitutional ban on securities-transfer taxes and occupation taxes on register market operators. Chatman notes that Texas is already a business-friendly state. And with no personal income tax, no…

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Carliss Chatman quoted in Marketplace on Corporate DEI Rebranding

Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, was quoted in…

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

February 20, 2026 — A new first-of-its-kind study of nearly 3,000 adults in New York…

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New paper from Omer Ali on Race and Home Values

Faculty Affiliate Omer Ali is an Assistant Professor of economics at the University of…

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William A. Darity Jr. and Other Economists Flag Potential Inequality in Trump’s Newborn Investment Accounts

By Niamh Rowe

Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. provided comments in a new article from Quartz…

Nancy MacLean speaks at Columbia Law about Why Authoritarians Fear Democracy

Today, Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy…

Carliss Chatman writes Bloomberg Law column on how Tesla’s move to Texas reshapes shareholder rights

Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, wrote a column…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards to deliver 2025 Payne Lecture in Faith, Justice, and Health Care

Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University, will deliver the…

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Nancy MacLean research featured on Funding the Future blog

Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean’s research has been featured in a blog post by Richard…

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Nancy MacLean on panel at the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School

On November 10th, Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and…

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William A. Darity Jr. highlighted in Capital B story about NYC reparations

Founding Director William A. Darity Jr.’s work on reparations was highlighted in Capital B…

Fenaba Addo featured in webinar on racial inequities in student debt

Faculty Affiliate Fenaba Addo, Associate Professor of Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill,  participated in…

Sandra L. Barnes publishes multiple studies examining faith, sexuality, and well-being among Black youth

Faculty Affiliate Sandra L. Barnes, the C.V. Starr Professor of Sociology at the Brown…