Race & Ethnicity

Chancellor Daniel Greenstein said he was “ashamed to admit” he had not studied how the university system has historically perpetuated racial inequity.

For Black Philadelphians, last week’s armed riot at the Capitol was a show of the white supremacy that has always lived just below the surface of American life.

Getting hit by a rubber bullet helped Judith Max Palmer understand the wanton violence that Black communities experience too often at the hands of police.

The Montgomery County Immunization Coalition and the TriCounty Health Council brought together a panel of community leaders to talk about the issue.

Rethinking everything about how the board does business, including long-held practices, is the impetus for the board’s new “goals and guardrails” initiative.

The data is critical to detecting potential racial profiling, but the agency had quietly stopped collecting it in 2012.

People can sign up through a contact form. The consortium will begin administering the vaccines when Philadelphia enters Phase 1B of its distribution plan.

“There is a disconnect between the world of capital … and Black-owned companies,” said Social Venture Circle Philadelphia Network Manager John Moore.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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.