Race & Ethnicity
For many Muslim grocery shoppers, a shifting definition of ‘halal’
While conducting research for our book, “Halal Food: A History,” we found that more and more Muslims are looking at ethical and health considerations
8 years ago
Blackstar Film Festival, in its seventh year, keeps expanding the mainstream
The festival showcases films that may be difficult to find in mainstream theaters.
8 years ago
Listen 5:06Cheyney University launches two institutes as part of school’s reinvention
After facing several years of falling enrollment and financial instability, Cheyney University is looking to remake itself by playing to its strengths.
8 years ago
‘Barracoon’ spurs a long-overdue conversation about last known slave-ship survivor
"Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo,'" one of the only surviving first-person accounts of the transatlantic slave trade, was published in May.
8 years ago
Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon”
Guests: Deborah Plant, Autumn Womack, Johnnie Hobbes Jr. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo ...
Air Date: July 31, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:01NewsWorks Tonight, July 30, 2018
Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s Attorneys General try to block 3-D guns from being downloaded in their states. Shanita Hubbard discus ...
Air Date: July 30, 2018
Listen 22:44To make black lives matter, protect those lives from the womb to the tomb
We are all responsible for standing up for the sanctity of black lives. Because while so many of us are doing great work to sustain black lives, all of us have to do more.
8 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, July 26, 2018
Two longtime New Jersey radio hosts are now apologizing for their racist comments about the state’s attorney general. One hundred ...
Air Date: July 26, 2018
Listen 22:33A 1918 ‘race war’ and its ties to Philadelphia’s present
Stop and frisk. Changing demographics. A fishy police shooting. Inside a 1918 race riot in Grays Ferry and its parallels to the present.
8 years ago
Listen 6:34Suspended N.J. radio hosts apologize for calling state attorney general ‘turban man’
A New Jersey radio station has taken two hosts off the air after they called the state’s attorney general, a practicing Sikh, “turban man.”
8 years ago
Listen 3:24Sports apparel company with Philly tie accused of racial discrimination
The federal complaint accuses the company of harassing and retaliating against a longtime employee because he is black — and favoring white employees over black employees.
8 years ago
Spreading the legacy of Fred Korematsu, U.S. internment camp objector
Japanese-American's case referenced in U.S. Supreme Court opinion allowing President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several Muslim-majority countries
8 years ago
Listen 2:34NFL, players agree to temporarily halt enforcement of anthem protest rules
The new league policy requiring athletes and staff to "stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem" on the field was announced in May.
8 years ago
Following arrest of black teen at Philly Zoo, staff rules under review
Video of the incident went viral. It was seen as another example of the over-policing of black youths and the misuse of law enforcement by white people.
8 years ago
Through personal experience, Philly educators teach about racial profiling
In Philadelphia, panel members tell their stories and plan to collect more accounts of racial profiling for a book.
8 years ago
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