Race & Ethnicity

It’s the responsibility of people like me to keep looking for people like him to make those chance encounters more than just shouting matches on the street.

The lasting legacy of 18 men who endured the hardships of the middle passage, slavery, and the Civil War to create a future that offered more opportunities than their past.

Civil disobedience is our obligation, not our right. If we do not stand up, ignorance wins. As long as we feel inequality, we cannot say that we live in a post-racial society.

Journalist and storyteller Sofiya Ballin says her identity series “Black History Untold” is more than a black history project.

One of Philadelphia’s lesser known visionaries just became a little more visible.

Nearly 50 people gathered at the West Philly Library on 52nd Street to talk about mental health in the black community.

Never has a Hollywood blockbuster film captured Africa and her people in such rich, layered, multitudinous ways.

Nasihah Thompson-King chose to stand up for her religious beliefs by taking a seat.

Guests: Ariell Johnson, Salamishah Tillet, Dawud Anyabwile, Guy Sims Movie critics are saying that Marvel’s ...

Once you buy that there's a connection between race and ability, it's a slippery slope to the bad stuff.

Today, we add to that national conversation by taking a look at women and their representation in reggaeton alongside some special guests.

Designer Ruth Carter — whose previous films include Selma, Malcolm X and Roots — pulled colors, shapes, jewelry, and textures from tribes all over Africa.

Black Panther has been at the center of the first superhero blockbuster hype cycle freighted with real political significance.

"These disparities hurt all Philadelphians and likely impact my constituents disproportionately,” the Point Breeze councilman said.