Topic: Race

The first in a series exploring Covid-19’s effects on Black Philadelphians asks: What else is lost when someone dies?

Poverty-fighting programs have spent millions in Philly—but the numbers of poor people remain high. GreenLight Fund supports data-based programs that have proven to make a real difference

In the wake of the protests, this six-day effort will provide free yoga and meditation around town for Black Philadelphians

The most recent online Citizen event explored the deplorable state of racial inequality in health care, and what we can do about it

A novelist and Penn professor joined the massive Philly march for black lives on Saturday—and found hope amidst the grief

Three years ago, Mayor Kenney “reestablished” the department’s civilian oversight board. So, WURD’s afternoon host wonders, what’s so different this time?

The Citizen’s 2020 Jeremy Nowak Urban Innovation Award will go to a program fighting gun violence and incarceration through basketball. Here, one of the organizers explains what it means to him—and for young black men in Philly

… which helps precisely zero black lives today. Remember the civil rights-era admonition to keep our eyes on the prize?

The New Orleans Police Department has been remade thanks to an innovative peer intervention program. Can the Philly PD undergo a similar culture change?

At next week’s virtual town hall Jefferson CEO Stephen Klasko and Ala Stanford from Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium will unpack a harsh reality of the pandemic—and everyday: Black patients are dying at a higher rate