News in Race & Culture
Duke in the News
Addressing the Root Causes of Migration
Interview with Sarah Bermeo, an associate professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
It’s Time for Global Action to Eliminate Plastic Pollution
Covers an action statement in part based on findings from a Duke study, “20 Years of Government Responses to the Global Plastic Pollution Problem”
Black Music Month Honors the Black Artists Who Have Shaped Music
Interview with Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African & African American Studies and host of the podcast “Left of Black”
California Reparations Committee Confronts Harms of Slavery, Debates Direct Payments
Reports on meeting testimony by Duke economist William Darity Jr.
12 Medical Schools With the Most African Americans
Features schools, including Duke, whose African American enrollment was at least 11 percent; links to School of Medicine website
Black, Latino NC Workers Had to Play ‘Russian Roulette’ During COVID. The Toll Was Steep
Features comments by Matthew Johnson, an assistant professor of public policy and economics at Duke
Rick Warren to Retire as Lead Pastor of Saddleback Church
Quotes Amy Laura Hall, associate professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School
Is The Charter Schools Program Financing White-Flight Academies?
Cites a 2017 study by Duke professors Helen Ladd, John Holbein and Charles Clotfelter
Labriculture Now
Commentary co-authored by Gabriel Rosenberg, associate professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and History at Duke
The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory
Interview with Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a sociology professor at Duke