Race & Ethnicity

It took me years to talk about the racism perpetuated by my father in public settings. I was ashamed and embarrassed by him most of my early life.

Tonight, WHYY — in conjunction with WURD, the American Bible Society, and Philadelphia Media Network — will host “ ...

Last week at Colgate University in central New York, reports of a black male carrying a gun — which in reality was a Colgate student ca ...

The difficulty of securing a visa has led some immigratns to enter illegally. Others come legally, but overstay their visas.

Many cemeteries boast residents whose fame followed them into the afterlife, making their gravesites a point of pilgrimage for those stil ...

Last December, I wrote a commentary condemning hate crimes against Muslims and offering to sit down with anyone who wanted to learn about Islam or meet a Muslim.

While previous protest movements such as Occupy Philadelphia and t ...

The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...

Three weeks have now passed since Friends’ Central administration placed two faculty on leave for the offense of chaperoning studen ...

“Moonlight” is more than just an LGBT story. It subtly redefines who and what the black community is. Yes, there is violence, ...

How does a Muslim boy born in Bangladesh end up at the University of Pennsylvania Law School? By winning the lottery, of cours ...

The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen’s case to a lower court without reaching a decision. The justices said Mon ...

Cruising through 7th grade, I truly believed I was invincible. On Feb. 26, my life changed forever when another ...

It’s that time of year again, Black History Month, the month that brings attention to the American history that doesn’t get much “a ...

I have opened my mind and my heart and given my time to others to unload their burdens on me despite my own turmoil and trauma, because I thought it was my duty as a woman.