Race & Ethnicity

The first time I started seeing things differently was because of Tommy. The rules are different for him than they are for me. I still don't know how he navigates them.

When South Philadelphia residents Lois Fernandez and Ruth Arthur launched the Odunde festival 42 years ago, the celebration took place wi ...

A report publishe ...

A nightmare showed up to remind me that this is our time for struggle, and my voice is priceless. And silence won't make my dream come true. It has always been now.

It took me years to talk about the racism perpetuated by my father in public settings. I was ashamed and embarrassed by him most of my early life.

Tonight, WHYY — in conjunction with WURD, the American Bible Society, and Philadelphia Media Network — will host “ ...

Last week at Colgate University in central New York, reports of a black male carrying a gun — which in reality was a Colgate student ca ...

The difficulty of securing a visa has led some immigratns to enter illegally. Others come legally, but overstay their visas.

Many cemeteries boast residents whose fame followed them into the afterlife, making their gravesites a point of pilgrimage for those stil ...

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 ...