
Posts tagged with Racism


#WeStandWithUkee: Groundswell of support for CBS Philly anchor after reports of racist treatment

VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College in Philadelphia, 1965
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12 times Philly made national headlines, and what everyone got wrong

A parade of promises at West Philly community meeting, and Walter Wallace’s family walks out

‘This is the first time it was to my face’: Gisele Fetterman talks about racist attack at Aldi

East Passyunk to redesign neighborhood logo, replacing stereotype of Indigenous person

How can Philly better spotlight and support Black chefs? Eli Kulp’s podcast opens the discussion

William Penn kept enslaved people. These are some of their names.

10 ways the School District of Philadelphia can become an antiracist organization

Free Library discrimination concerns
Why Free Library workers are calling for their director to resign

When the police watch your family picnic, none of the options are good

These racist tributes and monuments in the Philly region all face reckonings

Philly courts fire supervisor caught on video tearing down Black Lives Matter signs

New Philly committee will examine systemic racism and root causes of poverty, mayor vows

Opinion: Focus on scalable growth, access to capital and pardon reform — and listen to Black Philadelphians

After protests and staff walkout, two West Philly restaurants close for bias training

Hundreds protest at Philly police HQ, call for action on intolerant Facebook posts
