Topic: Race
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 MaimonOur Bulletproof History
The monument President Biden established for Emmett Till and his mother is a loud rejoinder to those who would erase Black history — and Black humanity
By James PetersonWhen 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 PlattThis 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. NutterThe End of Affirmative Action and the Myth of the Self-Made Entrepreneur
The co-founder of AND 1 and the B Corp Movement on what the Supreme Court majority doesn’t seem to get: There’s such a thing as racism without racists
By Jay Coen GilbertThe Supreme Court Struck Down Affirmative Action. Now What?
A long-time university president urges Philadelphia-area colleges and universities to maintain commitment to diversity within the constraints of the new ruling
By Elaine MaimonThe Black Liberationist
Arielle Julia Brown, founder and director of Black Spatial Relics, supports performance artists whose art contends with slavery, freedom and justice. The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative
By Logan CryerHow to Really Build Black Business Density
Part 2 of our live podcast taping reveals the secrets to combating the negative aspects of gentrification, and the most important document any city leader would be wise to read
By Jessica Blatt PressUnequal School Funding Shows Why We Still Need Affirmative Action
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the legality of race-conscious admissions in higher education. Pennsylvania’s school funding case, an education advisor argues, reflects both the problem and solution
By David M. StoneI-95 (a Troubled History)
The overpass collapse last week was not the first catastrophe associated with Philly’s stretch of interstate. That dates back to … the beginning
By J.P. Romney