Juneteenth and Beyond: Historical Context on Racial Inequality in North Carolina
By Rachel RuffAt the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, Juneteenth holds…
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…