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In These Times: Black lives and the call for justice
In These Times: Black lives and the call for justice
The first two episodes of the Omnia podcast’s second season discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and the lasting impact of slavery and colonialism on the laws and policies that have governed Black lives throughout history.
COVID-19 and women in the workforce
COVID-19 and women in the workforce
Experts across Penn explain how the pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality and challenged female career advancement in the STEMM fields, education, and business.
Husnaa Haajarah Hashim sees poetry as transformative
Husnaa Haajarah Hashim sees poetry as transformative
As poetry is in the national spotlight following the Biden inauguration, junior Husnaa Haajarah Hashim, a Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, reflects on her writing and scholarship.
Transcending movement with Philadanco!
Transcending movement with Philadanco!
In a live virtual performance, principal dancers from Philadanco! performed “Oshun” before sitting down to a conversation on dancing, choreography, and choice.
Historic preservation of Black Philadelphia
Historic preservation of Black Philadelphia
Preserving Black history in Philadelphia is an evolving dynamic of the city’s legacy.
Penn Museum series highlights ‘Black History Untold: Revolution’
Penn Museum series highlights ‘Black History Untold: Revolution’
With “Black History Untold: Revolution,” the Penn Museum’s virtual programming offers a different perspective.
‘Kanaval’ documentary celebrates musical link between Haiti and New Orleans
‘Kanaval’ documentary celebrates musical link between Haiti and New Orleans
WXPN debuts its latest radio documentary, exploring the historical and cultural connections between Haiti and New Orleans.
Cornel West headlines the 20th annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice
Cornel West headlines the 20th annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice
In the 20th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, Cornel West invoked African American intellectualism and musical history to discuss King’s legacy and place in the rich tradition of Black artists and thinkers.
26th annual MLK symposium goes online
26th annual MLK symposium goes online
Virtual events over three weeks offer opportunities to reflect, engage, and celebrate with family, colleagues, and friends.
Exacerbating the health care divide
Exacerbating the health care divide
With rates of diagnoses and death disproportionately affecting racial minorities and low-income workers, experts from the School of Arts & Sciences address how COVID-19 has further exposed already dire health outcome inequalities.
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Associated Press
In death, three decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America’s racial divides
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black Americans have grown less likely to believe in a famous defendant’s innocence as a show of race solidarity.
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Ms. Magazine
Torn Apart: Terror
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts describes the horrors that the child welfare system inflicts by invading homes, targeting low-income families, and threatening to separate parents and children.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Race-based medicine is not the solution to health disparities
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that race is a social category affected by inequality, not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities.
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CBS News
Emmett Till and his mother to be honored with national monument
Brent Leggs of the Weitzman School of Design discusses the physical and societal landscape surrounding Emmett Till’s murder in 1955.
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Associated Press
For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
Brent Leggs of the Weitzman School of Design says that the designation of a national monument honoring Emmett Till represents a milestone in the effort to preserve and protect places tied to wounds in American history.
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Forbes
Black Harvard and Princeton students graduate at higher rates than classmates overall, equally at Yale
Brian Peterson of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black students are aware they’re representing more than themselves at highly selective academic institutions.
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