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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Weeds Don’t Grow in Well-treated Soil: A By-No-Means Comprehensive Look Back on the ADOS Conference
I want they conference center to be empty come October. And if it’s not empty, I want them to be so confused, they don’t know what the fuck they doing. — Talib Kweli, seven months before the inaugu…
Sandy Darity
Paul Sowers' further reflections on the ADOS convening in Louisville. Thoughtful comments on @Marianne2020Fan and @CornelWest.
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Are Presidential Candidates' Plans to Reverse Redlining Off Target?
A Brookings Institution report states that presidential candidates' plans to address the effects of redlining won't work.
Women all over the country are suing police for failing to test their rape kits.
But they faced a blow from the Supreme Court on Monday.
When Families Un-Adopt a Child - The Atlantic
Between 1 and 5 percent of U.S. adoptions get legally dissolved each year. Some children are put up for “second-chance adoptions.”
Hillary Clinton Suggests Tulsi Gabbard Is A 'Russian Asset'
Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that 2020 hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is a Russian asset in an interview with Campaign HQ's podcast. Clinton also said blamed Russia for her failure to win the 2016 election...
Behind the minimum wage fight, a sweeping failure to enforce the law
Raising hourly pay is a rallying cry for 2018, but states often fail to get workers the money that’s owed them.
Charleston, once known as the US's slave trade capital, to host national reparations forum
A national forum on reparations for slavery will be held next month in Charleston, a Southern city whose wealth was built and sustained for centuries on the cruel economy of
We're Constantly Checking On Students, But What About the Teachers?
I never want my students to leave my classroom feeling as if they’re struggling mentally…but who cares if I feel that way?
Policy Lab — Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
Transforming undergraduate public policy education through service-learning partnerships with policymakers.
Activists demonstrate as Seminary trustees discuss reparations
On Wednesday, amid a backdrop of pronounced student activism, Princeton Theological Seminary’s trustee members met to discuss the potential of establishing a reparations fund. This meeting, following years of student activism on the matter, was the...
Combating Inequality: Rethinking Policies to Reduce Inequality in Advanced Economies
The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) will hold a major conference on "Combating Inequality: Rethinking Policies to Reduce Inequality in Advanced Economies," on October 17–18, 2019. The conference coordinators are Olivier...
Democrats Are Hypocrites for Condemning Trump Over Syria
Presidential hopefuls blasted Trump for abadoning the Kurds—but want the U.S. to pull out of Afghanistan under similar conditions.
Universal free lunch is linked to better test scores in New York City, new report finds
The study, out of Syracuse University’s Center for Policy Research, assessed the impact of universal free lunch on students who previously didn’t have access to them.
Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President
If President Trump doesn’t demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office.
Rep. Elijah Cummings dies at the age of 68
Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings died Thursday after what his office described as 'complications concerning longstanding health challenges.' He was 68.
Sallie Mae celebrates at luxury resort while Americans struggle with student loans
Executives and employees from the student loan servicer were celebrating with a paid trip to a Maui resort after a record year of some $5 billion in loans to 374.000 borrowers. While employees were being rewarded, many student borrowers are finding...
Mattis responds to Trump criticism: 'I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals'
Former Defense secretary James Mattis responded to the President Trump calling him “the world’s most overrated general” during a meeting with Congressional leaders Wednesday.