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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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Jim Harper II co-authors book on the history of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

The University of North Carolina Press announced a new book, With Faith in God…

Fenaba Addo featured in Equitable Growth In Conversation

Faculty Affiliate Fenaba Addo, PhD, an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University…

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…