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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 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 the NYC Health Department in collaboration with the City…

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William Darity Jr. Co-Authors New BMJ Article Outlining a Viable Plan for Reparations

Founding Director William Darity Jr. co-authored a new literature review in The BMJ that…

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Sarah Gaither Co-Authors Research Examining How Demographic Forms Shape Identity

New research co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience…

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…

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