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Hundreds of men attend the 2019 Men's Health Initiative at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Saturday in Northwest Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Encouraging black men to pay attention to their health

The “Know Your Numbers” event coincided with release of a city report examining the health of black men and boys.

7 years ago

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AACC board member Malcolm Ingram, of Jackson Lewis P.C., has been named interim president. (Provided/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

African American Chamber of Commerce names interim president

African American Chamber of Commerce board member Malcolm Ingram has been named interim president.

7 years ago

Photo Big Stock
Radio Times
Health

Healthcare’s racial divide

For doctors and patients of color, navigating a healthcare system which favors white people can be challenging and, sometimes, dangerous.

Air Date: March 15, 2019

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Sharell Reddin was the president of the Student Government Association when Cheyney University celebrated its 180th anniversary in 2017 under a cloud of uncertainty. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
The Why
Education

Can Cheyney survive? Why America’s first historically black university is struggling

Over the last several years, Cheyney University has struggled to stay afloat. Now, it looks like it has a recovery plan. Will it survive and what's at stake for students?

Air Date: March 13, 2019

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Examining Ilhan Omar

I watched with interest as Democrats targeted freshman Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—a Muslim who came to America as a Somalian refugee—as the new face of anti-Semitism.

7 years ago

A portrait of Dr. Philip Jaisohn, the first Korean-American to receive a U.S. medical degree, hangs above the mantle at his home in Media, Pa.  The home is now a museum chronicling Jaisohn's life and his involvement in the Korean indepencence movement. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Jaisohn Memorial House in Media celebrates Korean revolutionary

Throughout his life, here and in his native country, Philip Jaisohn was a champion of Korean independence and social equality.

7 years ago

Listen 1:34
Bebashi Prevention Navigator Keisha Gabbidon (left) helped Tamika Warren (right) protect herself against AIDS with PrEP, a medication typically only offered to gay men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia wants to get the HIV prevention pill to women most at risk

A local prevention-navigation supervisor says the drug “has not been marketed to women, to African-American women, as a priority.”

7 years ago

Listen 2:34
Dancers from the Emerald Isle Academy of Irish Dance prepare for the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday in Springfield, Pa. (Emily Scott/WHYY, file)
Lifestyle

Irish dance school passes on heritage ‘for generations’ through St. Patrick’s Day Parade performance

Students have spent two months preparing for their biggest performance of the year: ceili dancing for tens of thousands and a live TV audience.

7 years ago

Six women imagine the hull of a slave ship in
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia theater production of ‘Vessels’ explores the spiritual survival tools for women on a slave ship

“Vessels,” a premiere work this weekend at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, imagines how captured African women might have survived the Middle Passage.

7 years ago

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(photo credit/Nisreen Breek)
Radio Times

Rewriting Native American history

Ojibwe writer David Treuer talks about his new book, "Heartbeat at Wounded Knee," a history of Native Americans starting at with the 1890 massacre,

Air Date: March 7, 2019 10:00 am

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Student trainees receive hands-on experience in solar installation under the supervision of practitioners provided by Philadelphia-based company Solar States. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Energy Authority)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

EcoWURD wants to connect black Philadelphians to green economy

EcoWURD is a multimedia environmental justice journalism initiative exploring the intersection of race, income & the environment.

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a commemorative service Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala. Several Democratic White House hopefuls are visiting one of America's seminal civil rights sites to pay homage to that legacy and highlight their own connections to the movement. (Julie Bennett/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democratic presidential candidates marking Selma anniversary

Sens. Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are gathered at one of America's seminal civil rights sites on Sunday to pay homage to that legacy.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, James Stern of Jackson, Miss., at a news conference in Jackson, Miss. One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. appears to have an unlikely new leader: Stern, a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Black activist takes the lead of neo-Nazi Socialist group, vows to dissolve it

James Hart Stern wants to use his new position as director and president of the National Socialist Movement to undermine the Detroit-based group.

7 years ago

Maori Karmael Holmes, founder and executive director of BlackStar Film Festival
Arts & Entertainment

How one woman expanded a Philadelphia-based black film festival to the international stage

Maori Karmael Holmes, who began the BlackStar Film Festival, wanted to provide a film festival for black creators in Philadelphia. It quickly became much bigger.

7 years ago

Charlie Wachtel, left, and Spike Lee accept the award for best adapted screenplay for
Arts & Entertainment

Some tout Oscars as diversity win, but Philly filmmakers wait for more action

Some Philadelphia filmmakers say it’s an exciting time to be a person of color in the industry because Hollywood finally seems to be addressing calls for diversity.

7 years ago

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