News in Race & Culture
Duke in the News
Race Is Often Used As Medical Shorthand For How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want To Change That
Quotes Dr. Lisa McElroy, a surgeon at Duke Health
Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday, but in Most States It’s Still Not a Day Off
Quotes Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African American studies
Fifty Years On, Title IX’s Legacy Includes its Durability
Quotes public policy professor Deondra Rose, director of Polis: Center for Politics
NIH Grants Aimed At Closing Funding Rate Gap Between Black, White Investigators
Quotes Kafui Dzirasa, a neurobiologist and psychiatrist
Freedom Riders’ 1947 Convictions Vacated In North Carolina
Quotes Adriane Lentz-Smith, an associate professor and associate chair in the department of history
‘I Spent the First 15 Minutes With My Hand Over My Mouth’: Duke Professor on Abba Voyage
Features comments by Mark Goodacre, professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies
Some Doctors Want to Change How Race Is Used in Medicine
Features the work and comments of Dr. Lisa McElroy, a surgeon who performs kidney transplants at Duke
A Closer Look Into California’s Reparations Report
Interview with William Darity Jr., professor of African and African American studies and economics and an expert on the wealth gap
When Preachers Are Predators
Commentary by Frank Bruni, a professor of the practice of journalism and public policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Biden Is Caught Between Big Tech and Black Voters
Features comments by Nicki Washington, professor of the practice of computer science at Duke