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In this image taken from a Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 video provided by SNJTODAY.COM, Buena Regional High School wrestler Andrew Johnson gets his hair cut courtside minutes before his match in Buena, N.J. (Michael Frankel/SNJTODAY.COM via AP)
Politics & Policy

After South Jersey wrestler’s forced haircut, coaches may get sensitivity training

After the viral video of a South Jersey wrestler forced to cut his dreadlocks, lawmakers consider mandatory sensitivity training for high school coaches.

7 years ago

Savannah Shepherd (center) poses with members of the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus in front of The Lynching of George White Historical Marker after it was unveiled at Greenbank Park on June 23. Pictured are (from left) Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown, Rep. Frank Cooke, Rep. Stephanie T. Bolden, Shepherd, Sen. Darius Brown, Rep. Kendra Johnson, and Sen. Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman (Scott Goss/Delaware Senate Majority Caucus)
Community

Historical marker dedicated to George White, thanks to Delaware teen’s efforts

Thanks to Savannah Shepherd, a new historical marker memorializes the only documented lynching in Delaware.

7 years ago

Jashua Vargas from Camden takes part in the San Juan Bautista Parade and Festival on the Camden waterfront. The parade has been a tradition in the city for the 62 years. (Miguel Martinez/WHYY)
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Community

Camden Puerto Rican parade passes tradition to a new generation

Camden's San Juan Bautista Parade and Festival continues its annual tradition on the waterfront.

7 years ago

A woman walks through La Perla, a neighborhood on the edge of Old San Juan, in 2017. (AFP Contributor/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

For those missing Puerto Rico, a song about dreaming of home

Within the canon of popular Puerto Rican music, there is no shortage of songs about the nostalgia for the island itself.

7 years ago

2019 Juneteenth Parade
Community

West Philadelphia welcomes Juneteenth parade and festival with open arms

Hosting this year’s festival in their neighborhood, rather than Center City, was a point of pride and positivity, spectators and vendors said.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf declares Juneteenth
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf signs law making Juneteenth official state holiday

Pennsylvania is permanently recognizing Juneteenth, the cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved black people in the United States.

7 years ago

Actor Danny Glover, right, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

‘Why not now?’ for slavery reparations, House panel is told

Lawmakers held the first congressional hearing in more than 10 years on reparations, spotlighting the debate over whether the U.S. should compensate slave descendants.

7 years ago

A float travels through Center City during the annual Juneteenth parade. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Juneteenth parade organizers want to draw as many people as the Mummers

Juneteenth organizers are confident they can attract thousands of more people this Saturday to the new West Philly parade route ending at Malcolm X Park.

7 years ago

(Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre‎ Facebook page)
The Why
Community

Confronting racist stereotypes in Princeton’s high school musical

Princeton High School's production of "Anything Goes" featured racist stereotypes of Asians that sparked a debate about how to handle older plays.

Air Date: June 19, 2019

Listen 14:47
Iesha Harper, (right), answers a question during a news conference as she is joined by her fiancee Dravon Ames, (left), at Phoenix City Hall, Monday, June 17, 2019, in Phoenix. Ames and his pregnant fiancée, Harper, who had guns aimed at them by Phoenix police during a response to a shoplifting report, say they don't accept the apologies of the city's police chief and mayor and want the officers involved to be fired. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community
The Philadelphia Experiment

Making communities safer takes more than changing policing

What can a 4-year-old do that would make police pull guns on her pregnant mother?

7 years ago

Sephora closiedng its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday, June 5, 2019. to host inclusion workshops for its employees. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Community

How effective is diversity training?

Many companies require diversity training, but changing people's attitudes and behaviors is challenging. We'll talk about implicit bias, and making inclusive workplaces.

Air Date: June 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:16
Kara McQuillan (left) and  Mac VanTilburg of the Philadelphia Midwife Collective are trying to open Philadelphia's first free-standing birth center in Germantown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Midwives hope Philly’s first free-standing birth center will make inclusive care more accessible

The Philadelphia Midwife Collective has launched a GoFundMe campaign to open a birth center they hope will make inclusive care more accessible.

7 years ago

Listen 1:33
Philadelphia City Hall (WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Ballot question could help black, minority businesses win more city contracts

Black- and minority-owned businesses lose out on the majority of city contracts even though people of color make up the majority of Philadelphia’s population.

7 years ago

Joe Frazier hits Muhammad Ali with a left during the 15th round of their heavyweight title fight at New York's Madison Square garden in this March 8, 1971 photo. (AP Photo/stf)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Smokin’ Joe Frazier

We talk about the life of Philadelphia boxing legend Joe Frazier with sports writer Mark Kram Jr., author of "Smokin' Joe."

Air Date: June 13, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:17
Jasmine Miller, chair of Cooperative Nursery School's diversity committee. (Paul Jablow/The Notebook)
Community
Broke in Philly

Having hard conversations with children about race and difference

Current research indicates that children as young as 2 years old show awareness of racial differences and may express racial prejudice by age 4.

7 years ago

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