Race & Ethnicity

Ten years after it was sued for racial bias, the city still employs the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk. Mayor Jim Kenney says he wants it to end. Will it?

The pandemic’s effects have rippled through child care, disproportionately affecting Black and Latino-owned centers in an industry that has long relied on providers of color.

Instead of celebrating Delaware’s five founding fathers who signed the Constitution, this year’s focus shifts to four enslaved Black Delawareans and an abolitionist.

The urban agriculture project Sankofa builds community by giving neighbors the tools and knowledge to grow their own food.

Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia wraps holiday party/birthday celebration/fundraiser into one Zoom bash.

Professor, minister and author Michael Eric Dyson on his book, "Long Time Coming," written as letters to victims of police violence from Emmett Till to George Floyd.

Community health care providers and community leaders work together to protect vulnerable populations.

Supporters say Juan Chub-Funes, 20, was in the wrong place at the wrong time on May 31, 2020. Police say he was participating in a riot.

Trump is trying to categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats among the states in the House of Representatives.

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.