Race & Ethnicity

Marriage has been important for LGBT communities, but there are perhaps more critical issues that have been unnoticed by the dominant culture and underreported in the media.

WHYY hosted a public forum on Sept. 15 about the long-running priorities of LGBT communities that may be overlooked in the mainstream emphasis on marriage equality.

With so much attention on the issue of same-sex marriage — and the continuing focus on Kim Davis — there are countless issues and per ...

I ask that we expand our love to include members of the LGBTQ community who less frequently make headlines — homeless youth.

Gentrification is a heart-breaking concern in the black community, which is being forced out of neighborhoods, because developers see potential that residents can't afford.

To help my neighborhood succeed, the next mayor needs to know how critical it is to the Karen Philadelphia's community to support our city schools financially and politically.

The Mantua community stands united in demanding a moratorium tax freeze on property tax increases for long-time owner-occupied residences.

The most challenging issue for me with regard to my work is the barriers to communication created by prejudice and fear, particularly within my own ethnic group.

"So what are you, anyway?" — It's a question I dread. I'm third generation Syrian-American, and there are reasons why I've never been vocal about it.

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts has organized a series of concerts, workshops, and educational programs centered around the life of Octavius Catto.

About 6 percent of the nation’s physicians are African American; while about 13 percent of the population is black. Many experts s ...

Plans to honor a Philadelphia civil rights champion with a statue are getting a boost now that the city will pay for one quarter of the cost. 

Octavius Catto was, in his day, as known for his civil rights activism as was Frederick Douglass.