Race & Ethnicity

Poet Kevin Young talks about "African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song" and Tracy K. Smith, Major Jackson and Gregory Pardlo share their poems.

Bryheim Murray, of BKP group, recognizes that it’s a white industry and, because of that, it’s inherently harder for Black people to get involved.

The small stores that sell the crunchy and sweet snacks my mother grew up eating in Mexico help me feel like I belong.

The venture from Saté Kampar chef Ange Branca officially launches at the Bok in January.

Trips like Mayor Eddie Moran’s are by no means prohibited by any law or mandate, but they cut against the new social norms brought about by the coronavirus.

Rep. Deb Haaland would be the country's first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks on public lands.

Black and Hispanic Americans have been hit the hardest by COVID. We'll look at the racial disparities, the effort to address them, and the high rates of vaccine hesitancy.

More than a fifth of Pa.’s 500 school districts haven’t had a single teacher of color in at least seven years. Pa.'s student/teacher disparity is among the widest in the U.S.

"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice."

Dr. Ala Stanford has had the virus and thought she’d wait for natural antibodies to protect her. But she realized others would only see what she wasn’t doing.

The Kenney administration hopes a new committee can help center Black and brown voices in the city’s next comprehensive planning process.

Black people have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of them are the most distrustful of a vaccine.

Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a prolific writer, educator and activist from the Victorian era through the Harlem Renaissance. She lived her last days in Philadelphia.

San Miguel Arcángel keeps South Philadelphia prepared for ritual and protected from danger.

La tienda San Miguel Arcángel mantiene el sur de Filadelfia listo para los ceremoniales y protegido del peligro.