The Pope Just Opened the Door to Blessing Same-Sex Couples. This Nun Secretly Blessed One More Than 15 Years Ago
Quotes Mark Chaves, professor of sociology
Topic Race & Culture
Duke scholars are examining forces around race, class, gender, culture, sexuality and religion in their teaching and research and in the community.
Top Story
Recent Stories
-
U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Is Persistent And Growing, New Research Finds
-
News Tip: ‘Reliability’ Concerns With New Federal Standards For Collecting Data on Race, Expert Says
-
News Tip: Historian on 60th Anniversary of Birmingham Church Bombing
-
Duke, NCCU to Host Symposium on Historian John Hope Franklin’s ‘From Slavery to Freedom’
Registration open for Oct. 24-25 event featuring leading scholars in history and African American studies
-
News Tip: New Database Tracks Legislation Aimed at Police Reform
-
News Tip: Historian Who Wrote About Emmett Till Available to Comment on Donham’s Death
-
News Tip: Three Years Post-George Floyd, Police Training, Cultural Reform Is Sluggish, Experts Say
Three Duke law professors examine existing reforms and what else is needed to curb police violence
-
To Fight for Equality, All Must Take a Turn ‘In the Ring’
Author Mikki Kendall gives keynote address at MLK service
-
A Person’s Race Influences Question Asking as Much as Their Stroke History
Black women – regardless of neurological insult – ask fewer questions of health care providers
-
Bestselling Author Mikki Kendall to Lead MLK Commemoration
In the News
Popeye And Tintin Enter The Public Domain In 2025
A School Banned Indigenous Students from Using Their Language. A Century Later, It’s Teaching Cherokee
Quotes Courtney Lewis, director of Duke’s Native American Studies
What Emmy-Winning TV Says About Us as a Nation
Commentary by Eric Deggans, adjunct instructor in the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
At UNC Charlotte And Duke, the Share of Black and Hispanic First-Year Students Rose This Year.
Quotes Christoph Guttentag, dean of admissions
Harvard’s Black Student Enrollment Dips After Affirmative Action Ends
Quotes Peter Arcidiacono, professor of economics
3 Ways Principals Can Respond to Polarization and Division
Quotes Mark R. Leary, professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience
The Colleges Falling Behind on Black Student Enrollment
Mentions Duke
HBCU 101: Back to School Edition
Interview with Deondra Rose, associate professor of public policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action
Quotes Christoph Guttentag, dean of admissions
Is Now the Right Time for Black Americans to Get Our Reparations?
Quotes William A. Darity Jr., professor of public policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy and professor of African and African American Studies, and economics