Race & Ethnicity
N.J. rolls out ads on safe traffic stops; critic calls campaign ‘victim-blaming’
Safe Stop aims to inform the public about traffic stop protocols, but a South Jersey social justice activist believes police should be held more accountable than motorists.
6 years ago
Listen 4:36Meet the fearless cook who secretly fed — and funded — the civil rights movement
Georgia Gilmore used the profits from selling her food to others in the movement to help pay for alternative transportation in Montgomery during the 381-day bus boycot.
6 years ago
Vowing to uphold MLK’s mission
Some called Martin Luther King Jr. a visionary. Others called him a troublemaker. For Wilmington minister Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson, he was an inspiration.
6 years ago
Making the case that discrimination is bad for your health
Arline Geronimus coined the term 'weathering' to describe how health problems of marginalized people can be caused by stresses of their daily life.
6 years ago
Leaders say Trump presidency is at odds with MLK’s legacy
The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump's presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump's own making.
6 years ago
Three Kings and Octavitas bring a taste of home for Puerto Ricans starting over in Philly
6 years ago
President Trump’s idea of good and bad immigrant countries has a historical precedent
From 1924 to 1965, the United States allocated immigrant visas on the basis of a candidate's national origin.
6 years ago
The civil rights activist whose name you’ve probably never heard
Dion Diamond was sitting at a "whites-only" lunch counter in Arlington, Va., in 1960 when a crowd started gathering around him.
6 years ago
This is why King’s life, legacy, and hope still matter
Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in moving us forward, but much work remains to be done. I am hopeful for the future, because I believe there is more good than bad.
6 years ago
Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate
This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.
6 years ago
Black Lives Matter, family press Philly DA to release inmate they say is innocent
Eric Riddicks' mother says he wasn't the killer in a 1991 homicide. She delivered the paperwork she says proves his innocence to new top prosecutor, Larry Krasner.
6 years ago
Recy Taylor’s courage after 1944 rape bolsters others
Taylor was a 24-year-old married mother with a three-year-old daughter in 1944.
6 years ago
Most Philadelphia neighborhoods still haven’t recovered from the recession
Despite a recent building boom, Philadelphia’s housing market has not recovered from the Great Recession, especially outside Center City.
6 years ago
Art Dorrington, who broke color barrier in pro hockey, dead at 87
A Nova Scotia native, Dorrington made Atlantic City his home for decades, becoming a familiar figure everywhere from the municipal buildings to the athletic facilities.
6 years ago
Lee Saunders to give address at MLK event
Lee Saunders is the president of AFSCME, AFL-CIO, which represents 1.6 million members. African American to serve as AFSCME’s president.
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