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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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Empowering Black Entrepreneurs after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Episode Summary: How exactly can we support Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurship in Durham, North…

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Faculty Affiliate Lisa Gennetian publishes paper in Nature on cash transfers to low-income households

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Lisa Gennetian published a paper in Nature that studies the effects…

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Founding Director William A. Darity recognized as Duke Centennial Trailblazer

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

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Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither Discusses Impact of Random Roommate Assignments on Opinion Science Podcast

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Sarah Gaither was recently interviewed on the Opinion Science Podcast about…

Faculty Affiliate Fenaba R. Addo quoted in Duke News and The Charlotte Post on recent research

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Fenaba R. Addo, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University…

Research Affiliate Eric Griffith publishes paper Linking religious service attendance to lower ADRD rates in Black Americans

Research Affiliate Dr. Eric Griffith published a paper on the relation between religion/spirituality and…

Cook Center research featured in Inequality.org Op-Ed on the Racial Wealth Gap

Cook Center research was featured in Inequality.org Op-Ed on the Racial Wealth Gap. Senior…

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Founding Director William “Sandy” Darity Interviewed by WUNC on Black Reparations Project

Cook Center Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr., along with writer A. Kirsten…

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Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. quoted in Richmond Free Press

Dr. Darity was quoted in the Richmond Free Press about the failure of Reconstruction…

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Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. speaks about Juneteenth and its significance to Connecticut Public Radio

While many Black Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth since 1865, the holiday has often…

Juneteenth and Beyond: Historical Context on Racial Inequality in North Carolina

By Rachel Ruff

At the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, Juneteenth holds…

Cook Center Collaborators Publish Paper on Growing U.S. Racial Wealth Gap

Three collaborators at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center for Social Equity at Duke University…

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