Race & Ethnicity

Last December, I wrote a commentary condemning hate crimes against Muslims and offering to sit down with anyone who wanted to learn about Islam or meet a Muslim.

While previous protest movements such as Occupy Philadelphia and t ...

The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...

Three weeks have now passed since Friends’ Central administration placed two faculty on leave for the offense of chaperoning studen ...

“Moonlight” is more than just an LGBT story. It subtly redefines who and what the black community is. Yes, there is violence, ...

How does a Muslim boy born in Bangladesh end up at the University of Pennsylvania Law School? By winning the lottery, of cours ...

The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen’s case to a lower court without reaching a decision. The justices said Mon ...

Cruising through 7th grade, I truly believed I was invincible. On Feb. 26, my life changed forever when another ...

It’s that time of year again, Black History Month, the month that brings attention to the American history that doesn’t get much “a ...

I have opened my mind and my heart and given my time to others to unload their burdens on me despite my own turmoil and trauma, because I thought it was my duty as a woman.

Writing has given me an outlet for my emotions. It organized my thoughts and helped me find my way out of a very dark place. Getting published made me feel equal.

The music filled me with joy; the music made me feel free, even when the lyrics were speaking to conditions of struggle.

WHYY celebrates Black History Month with Philly.com by publishing essays for their series  ...

President Donald Trump recently met with ten sheriffs from across the country to hear their public safety concerns. The first person he t ...

A Pennsylvania state judge has ruled that police illegally stopped a 22-year-old unarmed black man in East Germantown in 2015 before a do ...