Race & Ethnicity

A group of teachers outlined a list of specific demands for equity in city schools.

The history of Black Catholics in the U.S. is a mix of struggles and breakthroughs. It has been largely ignored in the curriculum of Catholic schools. That may change.

He will be remembered with services that begin this weekend in his home state of Alabama before moving to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state.

Cynthia Baldwin, the second Black woman to serve on the Pa. Supreme Court, says Chief Justice Thomas Saylor treated her unfairly in disciplinary proceedings.

The vote marks the second-to-last procedural hurdle for Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposal to remove the Marconi Plaza icon.

The community leader said he was trying to show support for DeSean Jackson and other Black celebrities who’ve received backlash, and didn’t realize the image was offensive.

Black leaders and protesters say the surge in activity — though often chaotic — hasn’t distracted from their anti-racist message. Instead, it's shined a spotlight on it.

We talk to science writer Jennifer Ackerman about her new book, "The Bird Way" and with an organizer of Black Birder week.

Erika James is the first woman and the first Black person to serve as dean in Wharton's history.

Cultural divides took center stage at the first public hearing on Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to uproot Marconi Plaza’s Christopher Columbus statue.

Many board members “were unaware of the true climate at the FLP,” a diversity consultancy found.

Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left." Criminal justice experts say the increase in violence in some cities is more complex.

“It would be only our communities — they’re not going to target white communities when they come in this city,” warned Philly NAACP's Rodney Muhammad.

Sen. Menendez (D-N.J.) announced the COVID-19 Health Disparities Action Act to improve contact tracing, testing and outreach to minority populations.

The Trump administration is facing growing pushback — in the courts and on the streets — to sending federal agents to Portland, Oregon.