Race & Ethnicity

In observation of the life and death and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., NewCORE and Gwynedd Mercy University presente ...

While we have always shared many of the concerns championed by the mainstream women’s movement, we have never had the luxury of fighting a singular fight.

"During the civil rights movement, or any other movement in this country, there are women of color pushing the moral conscience of our country to do better."

The 17-year-old said they "have to use our white privilege" to make sure all people who have died in gun violence can be heard.

The study looked at racial disparities in income over generations by looking at de-identified data from 20 million U.S. children and their parents.

Sherry Alvarez says she knew there was something different about her son since he was about 9 months old

Gabriel Nyantakyi is raising money to expand his effort — called Waterarms Over Firearms — in Philly and Chicago, two cities plagued by gun violence.

The cast of "The Bluest Eye" remembers how important the Toni Morrison novel was to growing up black.

Harris, 20, suffered serious injuries during the attack, saying later that because of the beating, he had "eight staples in my head, a broken wrist and a chipped tooth."

In thinking about International Women's Day last week, I was reminded of the growing strength of women in the Zapatista movement of my native Mexico.

In 2012, after a distinguished career in higher education, Ruth J. Simmons retired and moved back to her home state. But after several years, Prairie View A&M came calling.

In Philadelphia, the kids have been on fire for years — and violence has been a constant theme.

If National Geographic's April issue was going to be entirely devoted to the subject of race, the magazine decided it had better take a good hard look at its own history.

The vast majority — more than 90 percent — of American College of Nurse-Midwives members are white. Some recent grads of Penn’s nurse-midwifery program want to change that.

Each year, a smaller proportion of Latinos in the United States speaks Spanish. But for many, the language is still a fundamental marker of their identity.