White allies: I have a question for you
Editor’s note: Andrew Huff started submitting guest columns for publication consideration in the fall of last year, shortly after we ran our racial equity series of stories. His first piece was about...
View ArticleFrontline providers can’t strike, so here is how you can help them shut down...
As the old activism chant goes: What do we want? PPE. When do we want it? Now. What do we want? PPE. When do we want it? Now. If we don’t get it? Shut it down. If we don’t get it? Shut it down....
View ArticleBirthed by HBCU students, SNCC offers important lessons for today’s student...
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. It follows that site’s stylistic conventions. Read the original article here. April 15, 2020 marks 60 years since...
View ArticleOpinion: Demolition of Gloria Casarez mural would be a massive loss for Philly
The Gloria Casarez mural at 204 S. 12th Street is scheduled for imminent demolition by Midwood Development and Investment. Midwood plans to knock down the former 12th Street Gym and build a 31-story...
View ArticleThese Gen Z media-makers are ready and willing to claim a seat at the table
“Show us as we are with intention,” PhillyCAM youth leader Zora Ball said last Friday at Youth Set the Stage‘s “Youthocracy” virtual screening. The October 16 screening featured youth-made videos about...
View ArticleColleagues remember the late Linda Richardson, CEO of Uptown Entertainment...
“A message of hope must be instilled in everything we do.” Earlier this year when we asked Linda Richardson, the president and CEO of Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation, how Philly...
View ArticleHow a group of researchers and activists shut down Terrorgram at a critical...
For many people, the Capitol coup attempt on January 6 was a wakeup call, the first real indicator that violent far right extremism in our country had evolved from the province of a fringe few to a...
View ArticleWhat is a Philadelphia identity? In her most recent work, artist Michelle...
You may have seen Michelle Ortiz‘s work in one of those murals that contributes to Philadelphia’s reputation as a city filled with art. But Ortiz’s newest work is at once less monumental and more...
View ArticleEvictions at PATCO encampment show fragile nature of last summer’s Parkway...
Twenty-nine-year-old Jessica, one of the many people experiencing homelessness residing at the PATCO station earlier this year, waved toward her tent, showing the camera large slashes the maintenance...
View Article3 important outcomes for young people who are taught critical race theory
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Critical race theory — an academic framework that holds that racism is embedded in...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....