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William A. Darity Jr. Interviewed by Forbes Magazine about Reparations on Juneteeth

Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. was interviewed for a Forbes Talk by Ali Jackson-Jolley to discuss what economic freedom looks like in 2026. Dr. Darity is one of the leading voices in academia advancing the case for Black reparations in the U.S. He co-authored From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, 1st. & 2nd. ed. with A. Kirsten…

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Postdoctoral Associate Sungmee Kim Co-Authors Report and Policy Brief on Gender Differences in Remote Learning

Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate Sungmee Kim has co-authored a report titled “Gender Differences in…

Cook Center joins Mapping the Movement for Racial Equity Project

Cook Center joins Mapping the Movement for Racial Equity Project

The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity has officially joined the Mapping the Movement…

Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither Co-Authors Book Chapter

Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither Co-Authors Book Chapter

Faculty Affiliate Sarah E. Gaither, Nicholas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor of…

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Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards Interviewed by WSOC-TV9 on Black Maternal Mortality and Systemic Racism

Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Associate Director of Research with the Cook Center and Associate Professor…

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Jumping Off the Page

By Megan Mendenhall

When most people think of research, they often imagine scientists running around a lab…

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Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean’s New York Times Bestseller Book Reissued

Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy…

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Achieving equity in public education together

By Deanna Townsend-Smith

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the “Final Word” by Deanna Townsend-Smith from the Nov….

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Cook Center receives 2-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Cook Center recently received a two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support…

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Why Black Americans might get reparations via local communities

By Rebekah Sager

For most Black Americans, the very concept of reparations or financial compensation repaid for…

Economics Undergraduates – Apply Now to the 2024 AEA Summer Training Program

The application portal for the 2024 AEA Summer Program is now open. The AEA Summer…

Postdoctoral Associate Pak Hung Lam Co-Authors Publication

Postdoctoral associate Pak Hung Lam recently co-authored a paper in JAMA Open Network, “Long-Term Exposure to…

New Grants to Address Disparities in Kidney Disease and Study Effects of Reparations on Childhood Wellbeing

Cook Center Associate Director of Research Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, also an Associate Professor in the…

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