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Race & Ethnicity

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Political fallout from the insurrection; raising Black kids in white spaces

How do you explain to children, especially Black children, the insurrection at the Capitol? What about white supremacy? Our guests dive into the conversation.

Air Date: January 12, 2021 10:00 am

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Andre Brown, writer at Uptown Standard newspaper and editor of Black Philadelphia Magazine. (Ahdrese Willis)
Community
Billy Penn

Say hello to Black Philadelphia Magazine, a new publication covering culture and community

The first issue of the glossy mag is out now, from the same publisher as the Uptown Standard newspaper.

5 years ago

The African American Museum in Philadelphia
Community

African American Museum in Philadelphia takes its MLK Weekend Celebration virtual

The online events will run Jan. 16 to 18 and will feature family-friendly activities, a documentary screening, poetry and more.

5 years ago

The teen's father, jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold, recorded the confrontation at a New York hotel in December and put the video online. (Keyon Harrold)
Courts & Law

Woman who accused Black teen of stealing phone is arrested

Miya Ponsetto, 22, was jailed Thursday in Ventura County, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office there said. It wasn't immediately clear what charges she might face.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

What if the rioters who breached the US Capitol were Black?

Columnist Solomon Jones examines the events in Washington that left four people dead. But what if the rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol were Black?

5 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer testing and help address heath disparities in the African American community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

‘Real hero’: Dr. Ala Stanford wins award named for late U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford

Stanford and her team have provided COVID-19 testing and education to over 21,000 people in the city since the pandemic’s outbreak in April.

5 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past stuttered businesses in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

Black and Hispanic workers feeling brunt of pandemic recession according to Philly Fed

A new report from the Federal Reserve of Philadelphia adds detail to how the recession has created two different employment realities, stratified by race and education level.

5 years ago

Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, holds a candle at a rally Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Courts & Law

No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake

A Wisconsin prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back last summer.

5 years ago

The Gloria Casarez mural as it was being erased
Community
Billy Penn

The unexpectedly short history of the Gloria Casarez mural, whitewashed from the Gayborhood

Developers have apologized for painting over the image of the groundbreaking LGBTQ activist.

5 years ago

Jessica Ramos at her home in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Money

Black homeowners refinance less and pay more for mortgages, new data reveals

A Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta report found Black and non-white Hispanic homeowners paid more interest on their mortgages.

5 years ago

Burlington County, N.J.
Politics & Policy

No more ‘freeholders’: N.J. drops term with racist origin as of Jan. 1

New Jersey was the last state in the nation to use the term, which dates back to a time before the Revolutionary War.

5 years ago

Philadelphian Opéola Bukola
Community
Billy Penn

Everyone knows a superhuman Black woman, but there are no superhuman Black women

2020 was the year that flapped me.

5 years ago

Members of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) protest against the killing of George Floyd outside U.S. Consulate in solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement
NPR
Community

In 2020, protests spread across the globe with a similar message: Black lives matter

Journalists based in Colombia, South Africa and Indonesia talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement inspired activists abroad this year.

5 years ago

Joyce Mosley stands in Eden Cemetery
PlanPhilly
Community

The burial ground of Marian Anderson crowdfunds to preserve Black history

The historic Black cemetery outside Philadelphia is still in use, and the often-used paper records are in danger of disintegrating. A GoFundMe could help.

5 years ago

NPR
Health

Is it time for a race reckoning in kidney medicine?

Some in the medical community are questioning whether the tools they use to assess patient health may be contributing to racial health disparities.

5 years ago

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