Race & Ethnicity

It's seen as an unavoidable step as the country's population of about 126 million rapidly ages and shrinks.

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey Five-Year Estimate for 2013 through 2017 was released on Thursday.

Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to smoke cigarettes than white Americans. Yet once they’ve started, they’re more likely to stay hooked.

In 2012, the percentage of female and black students starting medical school began a steady, albeit slow, increase.

As a dark-skinned black woman born into poverty, I know all too well the insidious ways that discrimination plays out in life.

People who experience discrimination firsthand struggle with hunger twice as often as others.

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood for WURD's second annual "Empowerment Experience."

Sixty-six Tuskegee Airmen died in combat, including 27 who were listed as MIA. Dickson was the first to be identified.

Throughout the ensuing decades, interracial relationships with black and white actors became more prevalent on television, spanning multiple genres.

The Garden State has moved one step closer to legalizing the personal use of marijuana, following votes by two key legislative committees.

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On Tuesday evening, the Mexican government presented its highest honor for people and groups outside of Mexico to the Center for Culture, Art, Training and Education (CCATE).

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

A police spokesman and a representative of the city of Philadelphia both declined to comment on the pending litigation.