Race & Ethnicity

In recognition of Women’s History Month, Andrea Lawful-Sanders writes about the women who’ve inspired her journey.

A social media post by a white student-athlete from Central High School that uses racial slurs to refer to a Black opponent sent tremors across the internet in Philadelphia.

Last year, The New York Times published the 1619 Project with the goal of placing the narratives of enslaved Africans at the forefront of American history.

In Pennsylvania, “Black Voices for Trump Community Centers” will open in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Roberto Valdes, a queer man of color, writes about coming to know the term intersectionality and how it taught him to fully love and express himself.

Members of the Delaware chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women are uniting to address health care disparities among Black women.

Historians Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross highlight some of the remarkable black women who shaped America but who have been overlooked by history.

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures" has died.

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau is giving people in the country’s two largest racial categories space to give more details about their origins.

Union Fire Company has struggled to serve its Latino community in the past, but new efforts to recruit Spanish-speakers are making progress.

The ACLU’s client was detained, then placed in ICE custody.

We discuss last night's Democratic debate in Las Vegas and how the six candidates fared just days before the Nevada caucuses.

Constance Clayton has been collecting African American art for 30 years. She recently gave much of her collection to PAFA in Philadelphia.

Two brothers found themselves at the center of a racist incident in their rural Pa. town. Their response complicates traditional narratives around race and 2020 politics.

A new Archbishop returns to Philadelphia and speaks of “hope” for Roman Catholics.