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Race & Ethnicity

Officer Quishanna Lee, who has served on the force for three years, knelt with protesters Tuesday, and cried. (Layla A. Jones/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

New Philly committee will examine systemic racism and root causes of poverty, mayor vows

Members include youth, clergy and other community leaders.

5 years ago

The campus at University of Delaware.
Education

‘We can do better’ on diversity, says University of Delaware president

UDel President Dennis Assanis says all students will have to take mandatory training as part of an effort to improve diversity and inclusion at the state’s largest university.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom at 801 Market St. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community

Inquirer journalists of color refuse to work Thursday, demand newsroom changes

A headline suggested equivalence between property destruction and violence against Black Americans. But staffers’ protest is about more than the headline.

5 years ago

VinChelle is putting on a virtual show for Philly PrideFACEBOOK / VINCHELLE
Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s Black drag queens pay it forward with show supporting Black Lives Matter

Performers say it’s still important to celebrate Pride.

5 years ago

Artist Theo Ponchaveli paints a mural of the likeness of Ahmaud Arbery in Dallas, Friday, May 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors describe racist slur as Ahmaud Arbery lay dying

Agent Richard Dial said the driver of the second pickup truck, William “Roddie” Bryan, said he heard the gunman say a racist epithet as he stood over Arbery's body.

5 years ago

Hundreds of protesters gather a Philadelphia police headquarters. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Focus on scalable growth, access to capital and pardon reform — and listen to Black Philadelphians

We need a vaccine for the racial pandemic.

5 years ago

President Barack Obama accepts the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award
Community

Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises

President Obama held a virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

5 years ago

Frank Rizzo mural
Arts & Entertainment

Frank Rizzo mural in South Philly to be replaced with better representation of neighborhood, leaders say

The nonprofit’s announcement came on the heels of the removal of another controversial Rizzo landmark: the 10-foot-tall bronze statue outside the Municipal Services Building.

5 years ago

Trevor Rodriquez sits alone at the spot where Floyd died at the hands of police
Courts & Law

Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged

The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder.

5 years ago

The former site of the Frank Rizzo statue
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

The Rizzo reign is finally over. Thank Black Philadelphia.

For more than a decade, African Americans called for the removal of the Rizzo statue. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has finally heard them.

5 years ago

(Michael M. Santiago / Post Gazette)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Police reforms in Pa. languished after Antwon Rose’s killing. Will now be any different?

On Tuesday, a group of state House Democrats and local Philadelphia lawmakers proposed dozens of reforms regarding police training, discipline, and oversight.

5 years ago

Protesters march down Interstate 676 in Philadelphia, Monday, June 1, 2020 in the aftermath of protest and unrest in reaction to the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Race, protest and media coverage

We talk about how the media's coverage of the protests, the images and the language that is used, and how it shapes the narrative and influences public opinion and policy.

Air Date: June 3, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
Protesters in downtown Washington, D.C.
NPR
Community

Protests over George Floyd’s death flare nationwide despite curfews

Mostly peaceful throughout the day, the demonstrators faced police officers, National Guard troops and other forces.

5 years ago

Protestors gathered peacefully at City Hall’s Octavius Catto statue
PlanPhilly
Community

Do Black lives matter to Mayor Jim Kenney?

Police brutality brought protesters into the streets. But the city’s "inadequate" response to COVID-19 contributes to anger, writes Rev. Malcolm Byrd.

5 years ago

Protesters face off with police during a demonstration on I-676 in Philadelphia on Monday, June 1 (Courtesy of Pilar Goñalons Pons)
The Why
Politics & Policy

‘Why did this just happen?’ Philly’s escalating protests

WHYY reporters chronicle how protests, looting and the police response have escalated in Philly, taking us deep into what they've seen, heard and experienced on the ground.

Air Date: June 2, 2020

Listen 34:56
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