
Race & Ethnicity
Philly bakery prepping hundreds of Rosca de Reyes for Three Kings’ Day
Amigos Bakery’s five locations expect big crowds Saturday picking up the traditional sweet bread with a surprise inside.
1 year ago
With photos and audio, a new exhibition highlights Chinese migration to Costa Rica, and how the people and their culture changed over time.
1 year ago
Listen 3:20Philly is ready to light its first official kinara for the start of Kwanzaa
Local artist Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza created the kinara and says she’s elated that the city has finally added the symbol central to Kwanzaa.
1 year ago
Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores
Rite Aid said it disagrees with the allegations, though the company is pleased to reach an agreement to resolve the issue
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Timeless Holiday Classic, ‘Black Nativity’ returns to Philadelphia through John Graves Productions
The 1961 Langston Hughes classic returns to Philadelphia through the eyes of Philly native producer, John Graves III.
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Listen 1:05WURD’s ‘Radio XALAAT’ gives Philly’s African diaspora ‘a home on the radio dial’
A weekly radio program has served Philadelphia’s African diaspora for decades. As ‘Africatown’ comes into force, Radio XALAAT’s host looks back.
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Listen 1:27Fliers promoting white nationalism distributed across neighborhood in Montgomery County
The fliers said, 'Stand up White Man,' and included an address for a white nationalist website that promotes racist and anti-immigrant ideology.
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New Jersey man formally sentenced to 8 years in prison after racist rant went viral
Edward Mathews sparked outrage in his Mount Laurel community.
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Penn president defends actions in combatting antisemitism on campus
Liz Magill joined the presidents from Harvard and MIT in testifying before a House committee on Tuesday.
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For years, the FBI quietly stopped tracking anti-Arab violence and hate crimes
When the FBI developed its program to collect hate crime data, it included a category for anti-Arab incidents. But this code was dropped, masking the scale of the problem.
1 year ago
‘If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI,’ expert says
Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini warns that facial recognition technology is riddled with the biases of its creators.
1 year ago
Working Out in Winter, The Rise in Hate Crimes and Bigotry, Typewriters in Philly
Trends in hate crimes after a shooting in Vermont this weekend targeted three students of Palestinian descent. Also, cold weather exercise - staying motivated and safe.
Air Date: November 28, 2023 12:00 pm
Listen 50:26Philadelphia Reparations Task Force solicits members, plans to officially launch in February
The task force will create a report for City Council on how reparations can ‘atone for the legacy of slavery.’ They hope to start their work in February.
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Listen 1:18In its announcement, the Education Department said five complaints involve alleged antisemitic harassment and two involve anti-Muslim harassment.
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The Whitman Park story: How 20th century Philadelphia failed on public housing
Local authorities proposed building 2,500 units in mostly white neighborhoods. Racism kept it from happening.
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