Sojourner Ahébée

Black students who are exposed to Black teachers by third grade are 13% more likely to enroll in college, research shows. This is called the role-model effect.

The numbers have been especially stark for colon and breast cancer-screening rates, which dropped by 90% at the height of the pandemic.

Pregnant Black women have a 50% increased risk of delivering before a full 40 weeks. The researchers will look at pandemic-era changes in prenatal care.

High rates of heart disease have meant higher COVID-19 infection rates for Black Americans. A pilot program aims to provide mentorship to medical trainees.

Life spans can vary dramatically from neighborhood to neighborhood in Philadelphia. A Frazier Family Foundation gift aims to reduce these disparities.

More than a fifth of Pa.’s 500 school districts haven’t had a single teacher of color in at least seven years. Pa.'s student/teacher disparity is among the widest in the U.S.

Although there are slightly more teachers of color in the profession since 2013, the rate of increase hasn’t kept up with changing student demographics.

Demands include school-based racial and bias training, funding of restorative justice and trauma response practices, and equitable hiring practices.

Hearing about the protests from elders who participated in them helped the students realize the extent of the violence students faced that day.

With the coronavirus pandemic in full swing and a state shutdown in place, poets are turning to the internet to stay connected.

As colleges and universities across the country have been forced to pivot to a virtual, deep inequities of opportunity can leave students falling through the cracks.

Though thousands of U.S. citizens remain stranded abroad during coronavirus, some Americans are successfully making the trip back home.