Race & Ethnicity

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.

The grocery store chain has carried product lines such as Trader José's and Trader Ming’s. Critics say the branding employs racial stereotypes.

President Trump sent federal law enforcement to Portland to respond to racial justice protests and is now threatening to send troops to U.S. cities who are not asking for aid.

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

Originally commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, the exhibit has new relevance in 2020.

Biden focused on Islamophobia, Trump, the need for both Palestinians and Israelis to have a state of their own, and the contributions of Muslims in fighting coronavirus.

Lawyers for Breonna Taylor’s family have tied her murder by police to a West Louisville revitalization plan. The allegations resonate in Philadelphia.

“He didn’t have to stand with us, he chose to," said Malkia Devich Cyril, the founder and senior fellow of MediaJustice. "That’s real leadership.”

About 30 protesters rallied to take down what they called “a monument to state violence.” W. Wilson Goode Sr. was mayor during the 1985 MOVE bombing.