Topic: Race

Unequal 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. Stone
I-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
Why I Support a Reparations Task Force
A local entrepreneur/anti-racist organizer on why he favors City Council’s proposal to study what reparations might look like for Black Philadelphians
By Jay Coen Gilbert
The Evidence on Charter Schools Is In
Public charter schools work, a schools reformer explains — especially for Black, Hispanic and low-income students
By Mark Gleason
Ali Velshi on Erasing the Tulsa Race Massacre
MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member says more than a century later, our country is still suppressing the truth about the White riot that destroyed the thriving Black community of Greenwood
By Ali Velshi
A Bold Proposal for I-95
The interstate has splintered neighborhoods and magnified inequities since its construction in 1957. A former mayoral campaign staffer proposes a solution: transportation reparations
By Amanda Steinberg
The Duality Painter
Patricia Renee’ Thomas’ vibrant paintings portraying Black women and nature balance reality and hope. Here, in the latest Forman Arts Initiative partnership, how she learned and teaches her students to do the same, in art and in life
By Logan Cryer
How to Really Run A City Live Taping
The first ever live recording of our newest podcast considered the question: How can we grow Black business in cities?
By Lauren McCutcheon and Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
How to Really Run A City Live Taping
The live recording will kick off the African-American Chamber of Commerce summit of Black Mayors to address the question: How can we grow Black business in cities?
By Jessica Blatt Press
In Color Birding Club
The intentionally welcoming outdoors club celebrates birding season with events in spring, fall (and other seasons too) — for all people
By Kiersten A. Adams