Race & Ethnicity
Do something good for Philly: Order #LatinoTakeout this weekend
Latinx workers and businesses are projected to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. A Philly group wants to help by helping you eat well.
6 years ago
Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing
Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities.
6 years ago
Amid COVID crisis, Trump moves to quietly gut laws against racist lending
The Trump administration is poised to weaken a civil rights-era law meant to guard against discriminatory lending.
6 years ago
Safeguarding elections in a pandemic
We examine the steps states and the federal government are taking to ensure safe and secure elections as the coronavirus continues to spread.
Air Date: March 27, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 46:56Justices toss decision in media mogul’s discrimination case
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling in favor of a black media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast alleging racial discrimination.
6 years ago
When Philly abolitionists opened the first women’s medical school in the world
The college would go on to graduate the first Black and Native American women doctors.
6 years ago
‘Excuses to try to silence me’: Lawsuit alleges racial bias at Pa.’s anti-discrimination agency
The PHRC has long been haunted by allegations that it is ineffectual and that its leadership perpetuates the same kinds of discrimination it aims to combat.
6 years ago
South Jersey middle schoolers interview Holocaust survivor, create documentary
Before Holocaust survivor Goldie Finkelstein passed away, middle school students from the KIPP school and Kellman Brown Academy memorialized her story.
6 years ago
Listen 3:37Anti-Asian propaganda on display in City Hall
A private collection of historic racist ephemera offers lessons on how we see ‘others’.
6 years ago
N.J. lawmakers seek to mandate bias training for maternal-infant health care workers
Assemblywoman Shanique Speight says that a second proposal will require similar training for medical providers in other practice areas
6 years ago
To reach hard-to-count communities, a play about the census during tax-prep season
“Count Me In, a forum theatre collaboration between Ceiba and Just Act, depicts a struggle to explain the census’ importance to hard-to-count communities.
6 years ago
The strong Black women who’ve inspired me
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Andrea Lawful-Sanders writes about the women who’ve inspired her journey.
6 years ago
Central student’s racist social media post roils Philly and suburbs
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.
6 years ago
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.
Air Date: February 28, 2020
Listen 49:27Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo Black voters
In Pennsylvania, “Black Voices for Trump Community Centers” will open in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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