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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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Eric Griffith Leads Health Equity Researchers in paper on Quality of life, religion/spirituality, and dementia risk among Black people in the US

Cook Center Research Affiliates Eric Griffith, Paul Robbins, and Keisha Bentley-Edwards recently published a…

Aaron Young Scholar Alina Azhar named Durham Public Schools Student of the Month for November

We are proud to celebrate Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholar Alina Azhar…

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William A. Darity Jr. Co-Edited Autumn 2024 Issue of Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. served as editor, with Isabel Ruiz, of the…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards Helps Lead Duke Effort to Address Kidney Health Disparities Tied to Structural Racism

A new research initiative led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and the…

Yale School of the Environment’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative launches new journal

The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) at the Yale School of the…

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Loneke Blackman Carr writes op-ed in The Conversation on Black women and weight loss

Faculty Affiliate Loneke T. Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor of Community and Public Health Nutrition…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards Study Featured in The American Psychologist on Resiliency and Black Women

In the American Psychologist’s November issue, Core Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards links the constant…

William Darity Jr. and Gwendolyn Wright quoted in The Globe and Mail on Election Outcomes

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., Founding Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on…

Founding Director William Darity Jr. on panel for the Chicago Federal Reserve

On  November 14th Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. will be on a panel…

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Sarah Gaither Featured in The Guardian for Expertise on Identity Development

Associate professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University and Cook…

The Lasting Impact of the Aaron Young Scholars Research Institute

Episode Summary: What makes the Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research…

GIRI Students Present Research at NC Global Health Alliance Conference

Last week, two Cook Center students from the spring 2024 Global Inequality Research Initiative…

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