
Posts tagged with Racism


Are Philly’s monkeypox vaccines going mostly to white people? The Health Department won’t yet release data to confirm or deny the rumor

Pennsylvania officials need to track the use of algorithms, which already make important decisions about schools, funding, and criminal justice | Opinion
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This Philly org provides Chinese immigrant families with the tools to heal, as the pandemic intensifies anti-Asian hate

CAPA students walk out to protest discrimination and support their Black assistant principal

Germantown Quakers plan to give $500,000 as reparations to Black neighbors over the next decade

An art-filled exhibit on segregation and swimming is finally open at Fairmount Water Works

VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College in Philadelphia, 1965

Sinking in Southwest Philly: How Eastwick can survive the battle with urban flooding

Desmond Tutu’s 1986 Philadelphia speech and the U.S. Anti-Apartheid Act

As an Asian American, I’m tired of being pitted against other communities of color | Opinion

Outpouring of support for girl beaten in SEPTA attack, over $700,000 raised via GoFundMe to stop Asian hate

Two new bars in the Gayborhood are owned by people of color, marking a major shift

Former MOVE members are speaking out about abusive behavior within the organization

After a 1958 arson, Delco town tried to seize local NAACP leader’s new house

What we know about white supremacists getting chased out of Philly

Why renaming Taney Street is slow going, despite the racist history

Should Pennsylvania amend its constitution to prohibit discrimination based on race and ethnicity? (ballot question)

MOVE members mourn their children’s lives as Penn Museum apologizes for storing remains
