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Protests erupt after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin
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Community

Protests erupt after video shows Wisconsin police shooting Black man as he enters car

City police said the person was in serious condition and being treated at a hospital. Local media identified the man as 29-year-old Jacob Blake.

5 years ago

Gwendolyn Hosey is the owner of Struttin’ Lightly, an accessory store in danger of closing because of the pandemic. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Philly’s Black-owned business crisis: Walloped by the pandemic and closing at faster rates

The number of active Black business owners fell by 68% from early March to July, according to the Census Bureau. Active white business owners fell by 44%.

5 years ago

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Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pa. (Courtesy of Unionville High School)
Education

Unionville High School’s team name is likely to be retired

A recommendation to abandon Native American iconography will go before the school board Monday. Resistance has been less vocal than in other districts.

5 years ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Is urbanism a fantasy of racialized capitalism?

Why is a movement dedicated to the vitality of cities so focused on commercial real estate?

5 years ago

SCREENSHOTS COURTESY BLACK LIVES MATTER PHILLY
Community
Billy Penn

Fake extortion notes claiming to be from Black Lives Matter Philly circulate in Bucks County

Police are investigating the mailed arson threats — which BLM confirms it definitely did not send.

5 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris
Politics & Policy

Why Kamala Harris was raised as a Black woman

Murali Balaji, Ph.D., explains why Kamala Harris’ mother, Shyamala Gopalan, didn’t have much of a choice when raising her daughters as Black.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at dusk in May 2020.
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Report: Racial disparities prevalent in job opportunities in Philly

Philadelphia faces the challenge of having fewer businesses and employment opportunities than other big East Coast cities.

5 years ago

Women's suffrage parade
Politics & Policy

Women’s suffrage anniversary commemorations highlight racial divide

The 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, but many women of color were prevented from casting ballots for decades.

5 years ago

In this May 14, 2020, photo, Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth performs a COVID-19 test outside the Salt Lake County health department, in Salt Lake City. People who test positive are logged into an online database and assigned as new case to contract tracers at the health department who call them to find out who they've been around and where they've been. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
NPR
Health

CDC study finds Latinos hit disproportionately hard by workplace outbreaks

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published on Monday is the latest to confirm that the coronavirus disproportionately impacts communities of color in the US.

5 years ago

A historical reenactment of two married people, Jack and Parthenia, kept on Penn's estateCRUZ DANN PRODUCTIONS, 'PEOPLE NOT PROPERTY'
Community
Billy Penn

William Penn owned enslaved people. These are some of their names.

An important piece of Pennsylvania’s founders legacy.

5 years ago

Omar Tate is a Philadelphia artist and chef. He is working to raise money to open the Honeysuckle Community Food Center in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Broke in Philly

Honeysuckle chef Omar Tate has raised $50,000 for a ‘Black Trader Joe’s’ in West Philly

Tate’s vision for Honeysuckle Community Center includes a meat market, cafe library, a supper club, and grocery store.

5 years ago

Flags that celebrate 100 year anniversary of Marcus Garvey's Pan-African flag created by artist Heather Raquel Phillips hanging outside the Practice Gallery at 319 11th St. in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Outdoor art exhibition remembers the 100th anniversary of the Pan-African flag

In “Pa’lante,” artist Heather Raquel Phillips uses a series of flags to recall Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African movement.

5 years ago

Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin is seen struggling to force George Floyd into the back seat of a police SUV, in newly released body camera video recorded by officer Tou Thao. Both Chauvin and Thao were fired, along with two other officers involved in Floyd's death on Memorial Day. All four former officers are facing charges. (Hennepin County/MPR/YouTube/Screenshot by NPR )
NPR
Courts & Law

Body camera video of George Floyd and police offers new details of deadly encounter

Newly released officer-worn body camera video is giving a fuller view of the tense scene in which George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy

President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be president.

5 years ago

Belvin Jefferson White poses with a portrait of her father Saymon Jefferson, who died from COVID-19, in Baton Rouge, La., in May. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
NPR
Health

COVID-19 death rate for Black Americans twice that for whites, new report says

It says the impact of the pandemic and how the disease has followed the contours of the larger society in falling especially hard on Blacks, Latinos and Indigenous people.

5 years ago

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