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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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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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Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither Publishes Op-Ed in MSNBC

Faculty Affiliate Sarah Elizabeth Gaither, PhD, the Nicholas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor…