Race & Ethnicity

The “Momnibus” was originally introduced in March 2020 but got little traction because it was just days before the country was thrown full bore into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grounded by the pandemic, the world-famous fashion designer behind Ikiré Jones went searching for inspiration at home.

An online audience that included people from Botswana and Albania heard authors and illustrators talk about their work at the Philly-based event.

The Redding Consortium for Educational Equity is out with a list of priorities members say will help improve outcomes for students in high-poverty schools.

Sanjay Bhatnagar’s federal suit also claims he didn’t receive due process but “white-skinned Christian women’’ on the county legal team got slack.

Pregnant Black women have a 50% increased risk of delivering before a full 40 weeks. The researchers will look at pandemic-era changes in prenatal care.

As SEPTA honored Rosa Parks on her birthday, history remembers Caroline LeCount, who risked her life to desegregate 19th century Philadelphia’s streetcars.

Duce Staley was one of six Black coaches last year, but he left after being passed over for the top job.

In the first of four virtual panels on “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” a panel of educators talked about the power of learning.

New York Times columnist Charles Blow on his book "The Devil You Know" and the path to Black political power.

Of the doses where the recipient’s race was recorded, only 4% have been administered to Black residents in a state with a 22 percent Black population.

The lack of a Black woman in the Senate has turned a moment of triumph for many thrilled to see Kamala Harris ascend to the vice presidency into something more bittersweet.

In this handful of names with city roots, there are stories long forgotten and glimpses of an overlooked past.

The gap is deeply troubling to some, given that the coronavirus has taken a disproportionate toll in severe sickness and death on Black people in the U.S.

We Are The Seeds, based in Philadelphia, is asking Native American artists from around the country to teach digital workshops open to the public.