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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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Aaron Young Scholars Program in Duke Today

By Rachel Ruff

Duke Today has spotlighted the Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars program, recognizing…

Founding Director William A. Darity quoted in Boston Globe Article on Wealth of Slave-owning Families

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., the Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor and Founding Director…

Aaron Young Scholars Recognized by Durham Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education

By Rachel Ruff

On August 22, 2024, current and former students who completed the Hank & Billye…

Founding Director William A. Darity Interviewed by WURD Radio on Black Reparations

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., the Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor and Founding Director…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards Publishes Paper on Religious Coping and Cardiovascular Health in African American Men and Women

Cook Center Core Faculty Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards recently published a paper in the Journal of…

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Adam Hollowell and Kennedy Ruff Publish Article in The Upper New

Senior Research Associate Adam Hollowell, PhD, and Associate in Research Kennedy Ruff published a…

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Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba Authors Paper on Shift in Policing Practices Under Threat of Scrutiny

Cook Center DITE Fellow Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba recently published a paper in the American Economic…

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Founding Director William A. Darity on New York’s Reparations Commission

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., the Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor and Founding Director…

Cook Center Hosts Capstone for 2024 Aaron Young Scholars

On Monday, August 5, the Cook Center celebrated its latest group of Hank and…

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Founding Director William A. Darity comments on Black Reparations in EBONY Magazine

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., the Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor and Founding Director…

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“Part of the family”: Latest DITE Conference Concludes in Durham

By Lucas Hubbard

On Saturday, August 10, the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity concluded its…

“The job that needs to be done”: Latest DITE Conference Kicks Off in Durham

By Lucas Hubbard

In her keynote address Thursday evening, Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing relayed an astonishing fact…

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