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Race & Ethnicity

The Lawrenceville School teacher Leah Domb helps students discuss a lecture on race and biology by Penn professor Sarah Tishkoff. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

What is race? It isn’t skin color, as some young people are learning

It’s a tough question: Why do we look different? As one high school’s syllabus puts it, race is “both a biological myth and a social reality.”

6 years ago

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Gabrielle Union, right, and Jessica Alba star in
Arts & Entertainment

Actresses of color make equal-pay quest a group effort

Recognizing that achieving change isn't a solo act, they looked for help — and found it in each other.

6 years ago

Altovise Ewing, who has a doctorate in human genetics and counseling, now works as a genetic counselor and researcher at 23andMe, one of the largest direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, based in Mountain View, Calif. (Karen Santos for NPR)
NPR
Health

Genetic counselors of color tackle racial, ethnic disparities in health care

They work with patients to decide when genetic testing is appropriate, interpret test results and counsel families on the ways hereditary diseases might impact them.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Martin Reguster)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Lorene Cary’s “Ladysitting”

Writer Lorene Cary discusses her new memoir, "Ladysitting," about being the caregiver for her 100-year-old grandmother in the last year of her life.

Air Date: July 26, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:17
Nikkole Salter and Renika Williams perform in Dominique Morisseau's
Arts & Entertainment

‘Mud Row’ tells the story of black history in West Chester’s east end

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau chooses West Chester’s east end for a play about gentrification.

6 years ago

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In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, pedestrians in Newburgh, an upstate New York city already struggling with poverty and violent crime were told to have their blood tested for a toxic chemical because its water supply was found to have high levels of the cancer-linked chemical PFOS that was used for firefighting at the nearby military base. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Environmental racism / Mueller testimony

We talk about why environmental health hazards disproportionately affect communities of color and we get analysis of Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.

Air Date: July 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Penn Law dean: Prof’s comments were ‘bigoted’

The dean of the UPenn Law School issued a statement Tuesday, condemning a professor’s assertion that America “will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites."

6 years ago

Dozens of HBCU leaders heard from U.S. Rep. Alma Adams , the founder of the Congressional HBCU Caucus, at the 2019 HBCU Philanthropy Symposium hosted by Delaware State University at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Education

Amid ‘critical’ times for HBCUs, leaders share fundraising ideas in Dover

Leaders of historically black colleges and universities shared ideas for raising funds during challenging times at a forum hosted by Del. State University.

6 years ago

Children board buses in the center city of an unknown location to go to outlying schools on Dec. 10, 1971. Busing children as a means of achieving school integration grew into one of 1971’s major domestic stories. (AP Photo)
The Why
Community

Did busing work in New Castle County schools?

Did New Castle County's busing program ultimately achieve racial integration and help close the achievement gap for black students there?

Air Date: July 23, 2019

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, shown here at the Capitol on Thursday, has been a target of racist rhetoric from President Trump . (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Rep. Ilhan Omar receives hero’s welcome home amid Trump attacks

Cheering crowds at the airport in the Twin Cities held banners with slogans such as "Stop Racism Now" and chanted "Welcome Home Ilhan" as Omar emerged from her from her flight

6 years ago

Members of the Cheyney University marching band play in the stands during a football game against Lincoln University. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Education

Cheyney University’s survival plan

For years, Cheyney University's been on life support. Now, with a balanced budget & infusion of funds, America's first historically black university could be turning a corner.

Air Date: July 18, 2019

Listen 14:54
President Trump gestures to the crowd during a Keep America Great rally in Greenville, N.C. on Wednesday
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump attacks congresswomen at N.C. rally, as crowd chants ‘send her back’

Trump piled on Rep. Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia as a child. The crowd was egged on by several false explosive claims against her.

6 years ago

From left, U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Racist rhetoric from the White House

We discuss President Trump's racist attacks on Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley, all women of color, and the political and public response.

Air Date: July 17, 2019 10:00 am

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Sharif Abdur-Rahim, one of two founding brothers of West Philadelphia's African Cultural Arts Forum, stands in a second-floor workshop used to store African art and to produce the oils, incense and personal-care products they sell. (Kriston Jae Bethel for NextCity)
Community
Broke in Philly

Can employee ownership preserve legacy businesses in communities of color?

Next City looks at year one of the SEED Fellowship, which educates small-business owners on how to craft succession plans and convert to employee ownership.

6 years ago

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Courts & Law

Some say ‘it’s time’ for person of color on Delaware Supreme Court

Delaware’s Supreme Court has never had a black, Latino or Asian American member. Some want Gov. Carney to “correct the record’ when filling a looming vacancy.

6 years ago

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