Taylor Allen

Robert Listenbee Jr., a former official in the Obama administration, works to keep kids out of the criminal justice system through rehabilitation.

Temple and Penn have updated policies as fraternities and sororities participate in efforts to raise awareness. But is it enough?

Black women have higher rates of birth complications at hospitals because doctors often don’t believe their pain.

WHYY hosted “Uneven Play,” a community conversation with parents, school district representatives — and kids — to discuss playground inequity.

“Black art has a sense of soul,” Jamal Parker said. “You can tell it comes from an authentic place.”

Following the "humiliating" South Jersey wrestling haircut incident, a look at how people of color's natural hair can also be a source of empowerment.

In 2018, WHYY reporters also dug into some of the most divisive, wonky, and underreported issues facing the region.

In one of the city’s fastest growing neighborhoods, the Winter Fest is a rare opportunity for families to celebrate their community together, in public and for free.

Temple University’s medical school gathered black physicians and young African-American men who are considering medicine.

Whose job is it clean up public roads in Philadelphia?

Leon Caldwell, a socially minded real estate developer who was born and raised in West Philadelphia, spends a lot of time thinking about how neighborhoods grow and change.

Only half of the millennials voted during the last national election. Vote That Jawn, an initiative built and promoted by young Philadelphians, wants to change that.