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There’s a serious proposal to give babies born in the United States $20,000 (or more)
The Washington Post, Monday, January 8, 2018Forget baby showers. There's a proposal to give every newborn in the United States a “Baby Bond” account with somewhere between $500 to $50,000 in cash. Neither the kids nor their parents would be able to touch the money until the child turned 18. Then the young adult could spend the trust fund on... Read More »
National Asset Scorecard for Communities of Color and City Findings
21st Century Cities Initiative, Friday, January 5, 2018The National Asset Scorecard for Communities of Color (NASCC) is a project of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center at Duke University that documents the magnitude of racial and ethnic disparities in wealth in the United States, particularly in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The study... Read More »
Darity Delivers Vera Anstey Memorial Lecture at 100th centenary meeting of the Indian Economic Association
Acharya Nagarjuna University, Friday, December 29, 2017Professor William A. Darity Jr. delivered the Vera Anstey Memorial Lecture at the 100th centenary meeting of the Indian Economic Association on December 29, 2017. His lecture was titled “Stratification Economics and Group Inequality." The meeting was held at Acharya Nagarjuna University in... Read More »
Anthony Williams is credited with helping to revitalize D.C. Now he’s working to make sure everyone benefits.
The Washington Post, Monday, December 18, 2017“It’s a failure of the school system, but it’s also a failure of the city and others to create opportunities where people can be trained for any number of jobs in the service industries, hospitality, and so forth,” said Maurice Jackson, a history professor at Georgetown and author of the study.... Read More »
New study explores link between childhood violence, high school completion
The Chronicle, Thursday, December 14, 2017Being the victim of violence can have drastic effects on children’s lives, including increasing their odds of dropping out of high school, according to new research. A study called “Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, Community Violence and High School Graduation” showed that girls who had experienced... Read More »
Can Baby Bonds Help Close Baltimore's Wealth Gap?
The Real News Network, Thursday, December 14, 2017Most social programs that address the poverty problem give out resources after someone has already experienced poverty, but "what we need is a structural apparatus in this society where people don't get exposed to poverty in the first place," says Dr. Sandy Darity. Learn more here... Read More »
The Median Net Worth of Black Bostonians Is Lower Than the Cost of Lunch
The Root, Tuesday, December 12, 2017There isn’t a whole lot you can get in a major East Coast city for $8. Meals at most lunch spots, once you include tax, will run higher than that (a Shake Shack double costs $8.09, for example). But that amount—a measly $8—is making the rounds thanks to a Boston Globe spotlight investigation... Read More »
Black Racial Stereotypes and Victim Blaming: Implications for Media Coverage and Criminal Proceedings in Cases of Police Violence against Racial and Ethnic Minorities
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Monday, December 11, 2017A new paper by Professor Sarah E. Gaither (Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University and a faculty affiliate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity) entitled "Black Racial Stereotypes and Victim Blaming: Implications for Media Coverage and Criminal Proceedings in Cases of Police... Read More »
Planting Trees and the Racial History of Durham Housing
Duke Today, Monday, December 11, 2017Durham is a midsize Southern city on the rise. Located in one of the fastest growing regions of the country, Durham is staking out its place as a hotspot in the new economy. But the city has a legacy of inequality. Take housing. Many neighborhoods had "covenants" requiring that excluded... Read More »
New Research Brief: "Civic Wealth: A Framework for Understanding Civic Engagement"
Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Scholars Strategy Network and Insight Center for Community Economic Development, Friday, December 8, 2017Civic Wealth: A Framework for Understanding Civic Engagement provides a foundation for a structural analysis of political inequality, introducing the concept of “civic wealth” to offer a more holistic and complete picture of political engagement and disengagement. The authors ... Read More »