Race & Ethnicity
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.
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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%.
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Listen 4:26Unionville 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.
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Is urbanism a fantasy of racialized capitalism?
Why is a movement dedicated to the vitality of cities so focused on commercial real estate?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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William Penn owned enslaved people. These are some of their names.
An important piece of Pennsylvania’s founders legacy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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