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Race & Ethnicity

Supporters listen as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in campaign rally
Politics & Policy

Black leaders greet Biden win, pledge to push for equality

Biden now must shift toward action with the looming uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic’s disparate impact on Black Americans and people of color.

6 years ago

Philadelphians took to the streets after Biden's win was announced. (Solomon Jones for WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

To heal the country’s gaping racial wounds, Biden and Harris will need help from us all

Those who engage in that daunting mission must look like those now dancing in the streets: Black and white, young and old, gay and straight.

6 years ago

The Día de los Muertos procession in 2019. (Photo by Justin Mayer/Fleisher Art Memorial)
PlanPhilly
Community

Wind down Philly’s epic election week with a bittersweet Día de los Muertos livestream

Fleisher Art Memorial’s Día de los Muertos celebration goes virtual, but “still carries the spirit.”

6 years ago

Marchers protesting the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. were met with more police PROVIDED BY AMISTAD LAW PROJECT
Community
Billy Penn

Opinion: Funding police is not the answer to the crisis that killed Walter Wallace Jr.

More Tasers will not help solve ongoing divestment in Black Philadelphia, the cofounder of the Amistad Law Project argues.

6 years ago

Lifelong West Philadelphia resident Sybil Jordan said racism in policing the community has been around for a long time. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Walter Wallace Jr.’s neighbors say bodycam footage reveals systemic problems — and they have solutions

After Philadelphia Police released bodycam footage of Walter Wallace Jr.’s shooting death, West Philadelphia residents have ideas for reform.

6 years ago

Members of a mariachi band look on as Joe Biden discusses the disproportionate ways coronavirus has impacted Latinos in Nevada during a campaign stop at the East Las Vegas Community Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 9.
NPR
Community

Why Joe Biden saw mixed success with Latinos

Joe Biden's presidential campaign saw mixed success among different blocs of Latino voters across the key states of Florida, Texas and Arizona.

6 years ago

Healthcare professionals gather outside Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis to demonstrate in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 5. The demonstration, called 'White Coats for Black Lives,' was organized to show solidarity with those protesting the death of George Floyd after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.
(Jeff Roberson/AP)
NPR
Health

A new Hippocratic oath asks doctors to fight racial injustice and misinformation

Increasingly, medical professionals are joining protests for racial justice and acknowledging racism's impact on public health.

6 years ago

Pastor Michael Doyle
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 11/02/20

This week; an update on voting in Pa., Dr. Howard Stevenson on the Wallace shooting, and a new documentary about Camden's Father Doyle.

Air Date: November 2, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
Protesters march from the scene of Walter Wallace Jr.’s killing to Malcolm X Park in Oct. 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

West Philly rally resumes protest against police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

The rally, organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation – Philly and other groups, demands that the officers who shot Wallace be held accountable.

6 years ago

Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Hudgins calls for the resignation of IAFF 22 union president Michael Bresnan. (Robby Brod / WHYY)
Community

Philly’s Black firefighters sue union brass over Trump endorsement

Club Valiants, who represent Philly’s Black firefighters, are suing their union over what they call an illegal endorsement of President Trump for reelection.

6 years ago

President Trump addresses a rally this week at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Mich. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Agencies, contractors suspend diversity training to avoid violating Trump order

Three civil rights groups filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday challenging the Trump administration's recent crackdown on diversity training.

6 years ago

Diamond Stylz (center) and her Marsha's Plate podcast co-hosts Mia (left) and Zee (right). (Image courtesy of Diamond Stylz)
The Pulse
Health

‘Nothing’s wrong if it’s funny’: Black comedy taps a longstanding coping tool

Sarcasm, trading insults, in-jokes continue a tradition that began when the first enslaved Africans arrived here back in 1619.

6 years ago

Listen 7:00
Farida Mercedes and her two sons Sebastian, 5, (left) and Lucas, 7, stand in their backyard in Fairlawn, N.J. Mercedes left her job as an assistant VP of HR at L'Oreal in August after working there for 17 years. As hundreds of thousands of women dropped out of the workforce in September, Latinas led the way, leaving at nearly three times the rate of white women.
NPR
Community

‘My family needs me’: Latinas drop out of workforce at alarming rates

Women are leaving the workforce at four times the rate of men. The shift is especially pronounced among Latina women. That could have lasting effects for the broader economy.

6 years ago

Congress spending you cash and wasting your money.
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Dark money in the 2020 election; the Walter Wallace shooting

We discuss mental health and policing around the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia. Then, the dark money influencing the 2020 election.

Air Date: October 29, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:44
(Tampatra/Big Stock)
Community

Stigma, cost, and lack of access mean fewer mental health resources for Black men

Quality care is critical right now, therapists said, as Black men absorb both the effects of the pandemic and the impact of racism and police brutality.

6 years ago

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