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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Wells Fargo computer glitch blamed as hundreds lose their homes
"It's just like, 'Are you serious? Are you kidding me?' Like they destroyed my kids' life and my life," one man says
Black People In The South Deserve Better Than Being Your Political Scapegoats
Suggesting that we abandon an entire region of the country because those states just so happened to not vote your way in an election is not only flagrantly ignorant, but disrespectful to our ancestors who lived, breathed, organized and died in the...
Overhaul CRA? Why not eliminate it?
Regulators are considering reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act, but it’s not clear that the law is needed anymore.
‘From The River To The Sea’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
As a Palestinian American and a scholar of Palestinian history, I’m concerned by the lack of interest in how this phrase is understood.
Georgia Secretary of State runoff marred by allegations of continued voter suppression
Thousands of people still can't vote in Georgia
You can't BUY your way out of oppression! #CannonsClass
In this session of #CannonsClass with Dr. Carr & Dr. Washington, Why do we think money can buy you out of oppression?
Black Man Killed by Police in Alabama Was Shot From Behind, Autopsy Shows
Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. was directing panicked shoppers to safety when the police shot him, witnesses said. His family wants video of the shooting released.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Guts Open Sarah Huckabee Sanders And Her Trifling Father
The Bronx native had time today.
Deval Patrick, Foreclosure Mogul
How the 2020 Democratic presidential contender helped a Republican billionaire rip off the middle class.
The Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money'
“There is no such thing as public money, only taxpayer money.” — Margaret Thatcher, 1983
Presidential Lecture Series: Stephanie Kelton
"But How Will We Pay for It? Making Public Money Work for Us" - Oct. 15, 2018 Our nation’s finances are a blistering topic. Democrats blame Republicans for "...
In Defense of Deficits
A big deficit-reduction program would destroy the economy two years into the Great Crisis.
Congress can give every American a pony (if it breeds enough ponies)
It's wrong to think we have to "pay for" everything.
South Florida QAnon Cop Gets Demoted From SWAT Team
This past Friday, Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT member Matt Patten wore a QAnon conspiracy-theory patch while greeting Vice President Mike Pence at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Today Patten was reprimanded and demoted from the...
Elijah Cummings Wants Brian Kemp To Testify In Washington About Voter Suppression
Kemp is accused of using his position in charge of state elections to purge voters and reduce polling locations in African-American neighborhoods.
The Missing Malcolm X
Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered material force us to reexamine his legacy.
'My son was murdered,' says father of man mistakenly shot by police in Alabama mall
An independent autopsy shows EJ Bradford was shot three times in the back.
EXCLUSIVE: Absentee ballot envelopes in North Carolina fit into "a pattern of fraud"
The Congressional race in North Carolina's 9th district, where Republican Mark Harris is leading Democrat Dan McCready by just 905 votes, has drawn national attention because of highly unusual patterns in mail-in absentee ballots. In Bladen County,...
Wisconsin Republicans Try to Shrink Power of New Democratic Governor
Democrats say proposals for slashing the governor’s authority are a blatant power grab and a rejection of the election, which ousted the sitting Republican.