
Race & Ethnicity
A Philly native, Gabriela Sánchez is focused on funding projects that advance social justice, equity and bilingualism.
2 months ago
A new Pa. program is backing Black- and Indigenous-led groups to find solutions to the opioid crisis
The funding will go toward harm reduction-related projects, including strategies that address racial disparities in overdose deaths.
2 months ago
People’s Light launches queer playwriting program with a horror story
People’s Light will foster new plays written about the intersection of race and sexuality. It starts with “Bonez,” a blood-splattered horror play.
3 months ago
Listen 1:28‘Justified Medical Mistrust’ docuseries looks to the past to change the future of clinical trials
The docuseries explores why racial diversity is key to clinical trials, while addressing a history of mistrust among Black Americans.
3 months ago
Listen 1:45From Tejería to Philadelphia, how muralist César Viveros found a life of art
The native of Veracruz has created more than 40 works for Mural Arts, plus numerous fresco paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and altars.
3 months ago
A new report measures the pace of progress towards economic parity since the famed civil rights demonstration.
3 months ago
Contemporary Lenape artists offer their perspective on Lenape history
“Never Broken” at Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa., asked Indigenous artists to tell the history of the Lenape people.
3 months ago
Listen 1:27On a gloomy Sunday afternoon, Feria del Barrio brightens up Philly’s El Centro de Oro neighborhood
A coalition of organizations invited people from all over to El Centro de Oro on North 5th Street between Huntingdon and Somerset.
3 months ago
Listen :58Pa. lawmakers want state to require Asian American and Pacific Islander education
State Sens. Maria Collett and Nikil Saval introduced a bill to include Asian American and Pacific Islander curricula in Pennsylvania schools.
3 months ago
New Pa. rules mean more small diverse businesses can win government contracts
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order in Philadelphia that mandates state agencies to award more government contracts to small and diverse businesses.
3 months ago
Judge rules white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who went to wrong house
The case shocked the country and renewed national debates about gun policies and race in America.
3 months ago
Newly surfaced photos show Janet Monge at Penn Museum in 2014 with remains of two children, not one, advocates say.
3 months ago
Philly’s Black-owned businesses are still decades behind despite affirmative action
Why isn’t the business world a level playing field for women and minority-owned businesses decades later?
3 months ago
Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store
Jacksonville's sheriff says a white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store Saturday was racially motivated and hated Black people.
3 months ago
How Trump’s attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes
The rhetoric is a reminder of Trump's tendency to use coded racial messaging as a signal to supporters, an approach he has deployed over several decades.
4 months ago