Race & Ethnicity

At the first-ever She The People presidential forum, eight Democratic candidates are facing the same basic question today in Houston: Why should women of color vote for them?

Nearly nine out of 10 people in Philadelphia’s jail system are people of color. The prosecutors who charge them with crimes? Quite the opposite.

If the mayor promised to remove the Rizzo statue from public property, he should make good on that promise.

An exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art highlights the remarkable skills and creativity of ironworkers from over 100 ethnic groups across the continent.

Smith's connection with the Flyers started in 1969 when a team executive ordered her version of "God Bless America" to be played instead of "The Star Spangled Banner."

After decades of efforts to increase the ranks of African-American doctors, Blacks are still underrepresented in the nation’s medical schools.

since the Great Recession, wage gains have varied significantly by race, with African Americans’ earnings nearly stagnant over the period.

Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide calls for offering federally-managed “baby bonds” to all children and funding them based on income.

"This is endangering lives," she said, accusing Trump of fomenting right-wing extremism. "It has to stop."

People in Philadelphia’s theater community push back against Philadelphia Theater Company’s diversity claim.

JPC's move this week to file Chapter 7 is the final chapter in its storied history.

Delaware State University has partnered with the African Peer Review Mechanism to help bridge the gap between Africa and its “Sixth Region.”

Almost a year ago, Chronister received national attention after he twice called the police on five black women golfers. He claimed they were golfing too slowly.

The office of A.G. Gurbir Grewal released guidelines for handling bias crimes and calls on Facebook to monitor Ocean County group ‘inciting violence against Orthodox Jews.’

Across the nation, too, black mothers are three to four times more likely than white mothers to die from pregnancy-related complications.