Featured Research

Shades of Black: Gendered denominational variation in depression symptoms among Black Christians

Isolation: an Alternative to the “Acting White” Hypothesis in Explaining Black Under-Enrollment in Advanced Courses

A Subaltern Middle Class: The Case of the Missing “Black Bourgeoisie” in America

News

How the Fall of NC Mutual Hurt Black America

The Economic Case for Reparations

Experts say CDC’s latest guidelines pose barriers to some workers

A Fair Shake for Black Workers

You can live on $15/hr in the Triangle, but it isn’t easy

Advocates push nationwide movement for land return to Blacks after victory in California

‘Mass exodus’: Durham County employees leaving at higher rate than last year

Opinion | The biracial microagressions at the center of a new Prince Charles scandal

Break Concrete: Imari Smith – The Elusive Black Middle Class

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About Us

Concerned with the economic, political, social, and cultural dimensions that create an inequity of resources, opportunity, and capabilities, Cook Center researchers take a cross-national comparative approach to studying human difference and disparity.

Our Research

The Cook Center organizes its research as well as its programmatic and scholarship activities around its four primary research domains: Class, Wealth, & Social Mobility; Education & Training; Employment; and Health & Well-being.

Our Programs

The Cook Center has several programs that explore inequality in our communities and engage scholars of all levels, including a summer research program for local high schoolers and a recurring research seminar for undergraduate and graduate students.