Topic: Race

Guest Commentary: Incredibly Affirming and Wrenchingly Sad
A few White men at the March on Washington, from a leader of the B Corp movement
By Jay Coen Gilbert
Why We Should Legalize Marijuana in PA
A bipartisan bill in the state senate would legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana. Here’s why PA should join NJ, DE, NY, and 20 other states that’ve done the same
By Jemille Q. Duncan
Character Lab: How to Look Beyond Race
In this installment of our partnership with Character Lab, co-founded by Grit author and MacArthur "Genius" Angela Duckworth, a psychology scholar implores us to treat everyone we meet with respect for the complex richness of their heritage.
By Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi
Guest Commentary: I-95 as a Model for Fixing Schools?
The powerful head of Philadelphia’s Building Trades on having the same sense of urgency when it comes to education as a collapsed road
By Ryan N. Boyer
College Diversity Without Affirmative Action
A long-time university president reflects on what it would take for selective colleges and universities to diversify their campuses. Spoiler alert: We already know how to do it.
By Elaine Maimon
Our Bulletproof History
The monument President Biden established this week for Emmett Till and his mother is a loud rejoinder to those who would erase Black history — and Black humanity
By James Peterson
When Affirmative Action Was a Philly Thing
Revisiting The Philadelphia Plan — the nation’s first federal affirmative action program and the brainchild of Republicans who argued that it was good for business
By Larry Platt
This Moment is Why Elections Matter
A former mayor on how last week’s Supreme Court rulings targeting Affirmative Action, the LGBTQ+ community, and student loan debt should remind us of the power of the ballot box
By Michael A. Nutter