Race & Ethnicity
‘I gave up hope’: As girls, they were jailed in squalor for protesting segregation
The day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963, a lesser known moment in civil rights history was unfolding in southern Georgia.
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Incarcerated mothers and their children
What happens to a child when their mother is sent to prison?
Air Date: January 18, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00The census citizenship question / ACA contraceptive coverage / Philly’s deadliest roadway
Guests: Ari Berman, Allison Hoffman, Jason Laughlin ...
Air Date: January 17, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Guests: Brittney Cooper, Feminista Jones We talk about black feminism and what makes it distinct from white femin ...
Air Date: January 16, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Wings announcer apologizes for Native American remark; team, league vow discipline
Philadelphia Wings announcer Shawny Hill said "Let's snip the pony tail" during Saturday night's game at the Wells Fargo Center, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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'Groveland Four' get posthumous pardons, 70 years later
Seven decades after being accused of raping a white woman, four African-American men were posthumously pardoned on Friday by the state of Florida.
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To get to college, it helps black students to have a black teacher early on
Public education has a persistent and well-documented issue: the achievement gap between white students and students of color.
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Although Philadelphia is about 43 percent black, police stop black drivers nearly 66 percent of the time, according to an analysis of vehicle stop figures.
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Bucks County parent details violent origin of controversial school mascot
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will decide whether the Neshaminy School District must find a new nickname for some of its sports teams.
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Neshaminy teacher: ‘Redskins’ nickname ‘clearly is not’ a ‘term of honor’
The Pa. Human Relations Commission is weighing the fate of the school district’s controversial ‘Redskins’ nickname.
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Defense expert: Neshaminy School District mascot reflects ‘living tradition’
The Pa. Human Relations Commission is weighing whether to force Neshaminy School District to drop the Redskins mascot.
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Pa. commission could ax controversial Neshaminy school mascot
A public hearing this week will evaluate whether Native American-themed mascot creates “hostile educational environment.”
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Listen 2:06Black directors had a big year in 2018 — but other inclusion numbers stagnated
Black directors had a "banner year" in 2018, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
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How a Mongolian heavy metal band got millions of YouTube views
The Hu — from the Mongolian root word for human being: "Hu." The band spent seven years putting together their first album, which they expect to release this spring.
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Shih, Chau, and Shen pair food art, Asian-American heritage
Three American women of Taiwanese descent are cooking up the dishes of their youth. Except they're not using food. They're using plaster, paint and porcelain.
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