Race & Ethnicity

As journalists, we're constantly trying to balance the different uses of the term in a way that will make sense to all of our listeners and readers.

Ornithologist Drew Lanham says wilderness offers beauty and freedom — but also holds our painful past.

A lyrical, political documentary made by a Temple University student in 1976 is accepted by the Library of Congress into the National Film Registry.

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.

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.

Some called Martin Luther King Jr. a visionary. Others called him a troublemaker. For Wilmington minister Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson, he was an inspiration.

Arline Geronimus coined the term 'weathering' to describe how health problems of marginalized people can be caused by stresses of their daily life.

The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump's presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump's own making.

Three Kings Day and Octavitas are two post-Christmas holiday celebrations important in Latin America. For recent arrivals from Puerto Ric ...

From 1924 to 1965, the United States allocated immigrant visas on the basis of a candidate's national origin.

Dion Diamond was sitting at a "whites-only" lunch counter in Arlington, Va., in 1960 when a crowd started gathering around him.

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.

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.