Topic: Race

Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Dropping Science
Join us next Tuesday to hear the best-selling author and inspirational orator hold forth on his new book, Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America, in a conversation with Citizen contributor Dr. James Peterson
By Larry Platt
Let’s Say Black Lives Mattered
A Penn professor and novelist on what life would be like if we could see the sacred in each other
By Lorene Cary
Guest Commentary: How To Keep Kids In School
A Boys’ Latin social worker on how boosting attendance in school means changing how we approach the problem
By Kenneth Bourne II
The Color of Coronavirus: Engines for Misery in the Racial Pandemic
We know that people of color suffer more from Covid-19. A Philly-born researcher makes the case that racism makes the pandemic worse for everyone
By James Peterson
The Color of Coronavirus: Racial Equity Rapid Response Teams
Some cities have deployed dedicated teams to combat the racial disparities exposed and exacerbated by Covid-19.
By James Peterson
Guest Commentary: Tackling Illiteracy
The first-ever virtual Freedom Schools Literacy Academy models liberation education—and gets results
By Sharif El-Mekki
Ideas We Should Steal: The Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable
Well before this summer’s racial awakening, civic leaders in Buffalo came together to not only talk about race, but work on real systemic change. Is it a model for other cities?
By Larry Platt
Ideas We Should Steal: Swap Columbus Day for an Election Day Holiday
The small city of Sandusky, Ohio, cancelled the out-of-step holiday in favor of one much needed. We should do that in Philly, too.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy