In 2017, Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs introduced black and brown stripes to the rainbow flag as part of anti-racism initiatives. (Image: Albert Lee)
SP2 graduate is now a policy fellow for Philly’s LGBTQ population
Sayeeda Rashid, who identifies as a queer South Asian woman, advocates for social justice in the Philadelphia Mayor’s office of LGBTQ Affairs.
Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history and Africana studies. (Image: Jim Abbott)
Historian Mary Frances Berry responds to the George Floyd protests
The professor of history and Africana studies speaks with Penn Today about protesting injustice, pushing for change, and the history of African American civil rights.
Jiaqi Song shoots a vlog in the middle of Times Square during a career trek organized by Wharton Asia Exchange (pre-pandemic photo).
Jiaqi Song on his Roman quarantine
Jiaqi Song meant to study in Italy for his spring semester—just not like this. Penn Today talks with the Penn sophomore about navigating online classwork, personal projects, and family time.
Mohawks, tattoos, and piercings are all familiar aspects of the punk aesthetic, setting "los frikis" apart from mainstream society. Image credit: Samuel Reina Calvo, an audiovisual technician and photographer that accompanied Torre Perez during field work.
The unique subculture of Cuban punk
Often idealized through images of painstakingly restored Chryslers and romantic, backroom rumbas, Cuba has untold subcultures that one graduate student, Carmen Torre Pérez, is analyzing through a social history of Cuban punk.
Kayden Perren (foreground) feeds cloth through a donated sewing machine as India Watson (far right) teaches him how to construct a pocket. Image taken in February.
High school meets business with Bridges 2 Wealth
Bridges 2 Wealth, a financial literacy program that celebrated its one-year anniversary with the Netter Center in February, collaborates with Penn students and Philadelphia schools to close the wealth gap.
A public health announcement taken from a 1918 issue of Illustrated Current News is part of the Mütter Museum’s “Spit Spreads Death” exhibition. (Image: U.S. National Library of Medicine.)
The sociology of disease and disgust
Ramah McKay and David Barnes discuss the historical association of disease, shame, and social stigma.
