Race & Ethnicity

This year the holiday comes on the heels of a movement demanding racial justice. One Native American leader says that "people want to resolve the burdens of our history."

Known for its fried chicken and spaghetti meals, the chain is on a U.S. expansion tear.

Instead of making Pilgrim hats, students are hearing what scholars call “hard history” — the more shameful aspects of the past.

Black voters in Detroit, Philly, Milwaukee and Atlanta were crucial to Joe Biden's victory. Those are also the places where Trump's campaign has targeted its legal efforts.

The influential indie film festival in Philadelphia saw a need for critical writing about Black, brown, and Indigenous visual culture.

Voting data show Trump’s message resonated more broadly than is often recognized, particularly in a city where Democrats hold an overwhelming advantage.

There will be no formal recognition of this monumental event, neither nationally nor in Philadelphia, where the event occurred. Here’s why.

Built on formerly vacant city lots, the housing will be earmarked for families earning less than $50,000 and veterans.

Latino advocacy groups across Pennsylvania said there were only a handful of incidents in which Spanish-speaking voters had trouble with language assistance.

Cortes will succeed Marcel Pratt in overseeing the city's 330-employee law department. She currently chairs its litigation group.

Hate crimes rose to their highest numbers in a decade, with a record-breaking 51 fatal attacks, according to an FBI count released Monday.

The quarterback stated his support of Abu-Jamal, who has been incarcerated for 38 years, and published one of Mumia’s essays on his new website.

It looks like Boyd, O’Reilly and Berman will be making some major contributions to the organization.

Democrats can no longer treat demographics as destiny, while the GOP would be wise not to disenfranchise their own potential voters, writes Murali Balaji, Ph.D.

Nine communities will be researched for a year to determine behavioral factors contributing to the virus. The aim: to empower them to protect themselves.