Sandy Darity
Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics; Director, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke U
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Napoleon's War With the Papacy Involved Gelatin Molds
You can still see competing papal and imperial seals on some cookware.
Police Killings and Blacks' Mental Health
Researchers assert cause-and-effect with substantial population-level burden
Harriet Tyler, long-time Santa Ana resident and black history curator, remembered for her contributions
Over the last 70 years, Tyler worked to preserve the history of African American families in Santa Ana and all across Orange County.
Martin Luther King visited America's poorest town 50 years ago. Not much has changed.
Martin Luther King Jr. cried when he visited Marks, Mississippi, in 1968. If he were alive today, "he may very well still be weeping," one official says.
Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again”
In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Butler’s “Parable” books may be unmatched.
Nikki Haley: ‘It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America’
A U.N. official found that the United States led the developed world in multiple measures of poverty, eliciting a rebuke from the Trump administration.
Tulsa Real Estate Fund & Jay Morrison: Is This a Real Business?
Attorney Antonio Moore talks about the Tulsa Real Estate Fund and its manager Jay Morrison with callers. Moore uses data, and public record to evaluate the p...
New Program Seeks To Make Democrats' Campaigns As Diverse As Their Voters
Helping more young people of color become staffers is key.
Stop Pretending Black Midwesterners Don’t Exist
So much Trump-era political and cultural analysis completely ignores us.
Jayati Ghosh: The public value of care and the politics of womens work
As part of the lecture series between UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) and the British Library, Jayati Ghosh discusses the public value...
Dave Rubin Foolishly Tells Oxford 'Structural Racism' is Imaginary
If there's one person that should never be allowed to speak in front of people, Dave Rubin is that person. Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew discuss thi...
Dimon, Bezos, Buffett health firm will be run by Dr. Atul Gawande - The Boston Globe
The new health care company being formed by billionaire investor Warren Buffet, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will be based in Boston and will be led by author and Brigham and Women’s surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande.
Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds
Killings of unarmed blacks were associated with measurable emotional distress among other African-Americans, researchers reported.
It's a homecoming for artist Charles White at the Art Institute
The Charles White show at the Art Institute is significant for many important reasons, not least of which is his deep Chicago connections.
What family separation looks like: Guatemalan man is deported, while his 6-year-old daughter remains behind in New York City
His wife asks: “If they’re deporting my husband, how am I going to get my daughter back?” As Trump rescinds family separation policy, the administration faces another test: How to re-unite the some 2,300 children that have been separated from their...
Border agents question drivers about citizenship status at checkpoint in Maine
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents held a surprise checkpoint on an interstate in Maine on Wednesday, questioning drivers about their citizenship status.
Beware the Digital Snake-Oil Salesmen
With more than 20 elections a year in Africa, consultants are inevitably doing the rounds, promising the digital answer to promote candidates. But they need to be taken with a large pinch of salt, since some are no more than masters of fake news and...
New Gibbon Species Discovered In a 2,200-Year-Old Royal Chinese Tomb
It’s extinct. Other gibbons might soon join it.
A few thoughts on depression
This post isn't about economics at all, just to warn you. Like everyone else, I'm very sad to hear about the suicide of Aaron Swartz...
Trent Reznor: ‘You’re seeing the fall of America in real time’
He’s survived infamy, addiction and a foray into tech. Now the Nine Inch Nails frontman has swapped his self-loathing for shame at the state of the nation