Taylor Allen

A former WHYY reporter reflects on her experience growing up as a black queer person in Flemington, New Jersey.

Local workshops focused on birth trauma and birth-worker training address some women’s desires for alternative, and better, experiences.

Mayor Jim Kenney wants to invest more in education and career development with no tax increases during the last budget address of his first term.

Maori Karmael Holmes, who began the BlackStar Film Festival, wanted to provide a film festival for black creators in Philadelphia. It quickly became much bigger.

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.