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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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William A. Darity Jr. Discusses Edited Reparations Issue of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

By RSF Blog

Founding Director William Darity Jr. is among the many contributors to The Russell Sage…

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Director William A. Darity’s Baby Bonds Research Highlighted in New Yorker Article

By John Cassidy

Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr. is cited in The New Yorker for…

Celebrating Transitions: Cook Center Scholars and Staff Move into New Chapters

At the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, we believe that equity-driven work…

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Sungmee Kim Authors Working Paper Highlighting Link Between Remote Learning and Increased Risk of Child Maltreatment

A new working paper by Sungmee Kim, Ph.D., Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate, sheds light…

Carliss Chatman Highlights Justice Jackson’s Crucial Civil Rights Dissent in Bloomberg Law

By Carliss Chatman

In a recent Bloomberg Law article, Carliss Chatman, associate professor at SMU Dedman School…

New Book from Core Faculty Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards Explores Disability Justice Through the Lens of Stratification Economics

The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity is proud to celebrate the release…

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Founding Director Sandy Darity featured in WUNC Series “Calling for Change”

By Aaron Sánchez-Guerra

In the summer of 2020,  WUNC launched a special coverage series titled “Calling for…

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Nancy MacLean quoted in DeSmog article about Project 2025

By Joe Fassler

Nancy MacLean, Cook Center faculty affiliate and William H. Chafe Professor of History and…

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Sarah Gaither co-authors new paper on racial ambiguity in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Faculty Affiliate Sarah E. Gaither co-authored a paper in the Journal of Experimental Social…

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From Here to Equality one of Oklahoma’s bestselling books for week of May 25

The second edition of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the…

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Henry C. McKoy featured on WCHL On the Porch

By Aaron Johnson

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr. sat down with Randy Voller on the…

Fenaba Addo interviewed on WUNC about long-term effects of student loan debt

By Leoneda Inge and Stacia Brown

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Fenaba Addo, Ph.D. joined Leoneda Inge and Stacia Brown in…

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