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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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Faculty Affiliate Dr. John Purakal is an executive producer on the film “Good Guy with a Gun”

Faculty Affiliate and Health Equity Working Group Research Associate Dr. John Purakal, an Assistant…

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New Study Highlights Impact of Systemic Racism and Economic Inequality on COVID-19 Disparities

In the recent publication titled “How systemic racism and economic inequality contributed to COVID-19…

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The Chronicle Details Growth of Inequality Studies Minor, Dr. Adam Hollowell Quoted

A new article from The Chronicle details the growth of the Inequality Studies Minor,…

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Dr. William Darity & A. Kirsten Mullen Quoted in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Article on Reparations, Black Health & Wellbeing

Cook Center Founding Director Dr. William “Sandy” Darity, Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen were…

Cook Center Students visit Historic Stagville Plantation

By Rachel Ruff

Durham, NC – On Wednesday, February 7, students from the Samuel DuBois Cook Center…

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Dr. Darity Honored as Black Accounting Trailblazer by CPAacademy.org

Cook Center Founding Director Dr. William “Sandy” Darity has been honored as a Black…

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Faculty Affiliate Dr. Fenaba R. Addo interviewed by WUNC’s “Due South” show about cohabitating couples and household finances

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Fenaba R. Addo recently guested on WUNC’s “Due South” program….

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Dr. William Darity, Jr. Quoted in Sacramento Observer/Associated Press on Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Reparations

Founding Cook Center Director William “Sandy” Darity, Jr., was recently quoted in an article…

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Faculty Affiliate Jean Beaman speaks at the Transformative Justice in Education Center

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Jean Beaman, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California-Santa…

Time Magazine, "The Closers" 2024

Founding Director recognized as one of Time Magazine’s “The Closers”

Photo illustration by Aaron Marin for TIME. Our Founding Director and Duke Sanford School…

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Faculty Affiliate Lisa Gennetian recognized as Duke Centennial Trailblazer

Dr. Lisa Gennetian, Cook Center Faculty Affiliate and Professor of Public Policy with the…

Associate Director of Research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards Speaks on Inclusion in Research at Duke Research Town Hall

Cook Center Associate Director of Research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Director of the Health Equity…

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