Race & Ethnicity

I graduated from a West Philadelphia high school that’s a charter school. Now in college, I also work at a charter school that’s focu ...

To mark the last day voters can register in Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia joined a discussion about a little-known civil rights activist from the 19th century.

Watching recent protests in the Gayborhood has brought on a strong case of déjà vu for me.

After the video of club owner Darryl DePiano using the n-word surfaced, he has become the de facto example of Gayborhood racism, ...

A remarkable series of transparency victories in policing has occurred in Chicago over the last year, victories that can inform the gener ...

When Mrs. Smithson asked me to cook them "an authentic Chinese dinner," I couldn't say no. How could I tell them that I was almost 23 but had never learned to boil water?

Critics call the analysis "spin."

To this day, as the world gets more complicated, with more stress on me, my family, my community, our world, I can retreat to my imagination and the act of making pictures.

The week that Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were shot down was one of the most emotionally draining weeks for me, my black communit ...

A third of the hundreds of thousands of pedestrian stops Philadelphia police officers conducted last year were done so illegally. More th ...

NewsWorks hosted a public forum on Nov. 17 about the relationship between the police and the communities they serve by asking: What should the future of policing look like?

Marriage has been important for LGBT communities, but there are perhaps more critical issues that have been unnoticed by the dominant culture and underreported in the media.

WHYY hosted a public forum on Sept. 15 about the long-running priorities of LGBT communities that may be overlooked in the mainstream emphasis on marriage equality.

With so much attention on the issue of same-sex marriage — and the continuing focus on Kim Davis — there are countless issues and per ...

I ask that we expand our love to include members of the LGBTQ community who less frequently make headlines — homeless youth.