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Racial Justice
How the modern story of postwar anti-racism ignored the Global South
How the modern story of postwar anti-racism ignored the Global South
In his new book, science historian Sebastián Gil-Riaño explores the lives of scientists who shaped one of the first international efforts to combat racism—and then got left out of the story.
Privacy and racial justice in law
Privacy and racial justice in law
In the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, Melany Amarikwa explores the harms perpetuated by TikTok’s unique use of recommendation algorithms.
Dispossessions and race in the Americas
Dispossessions and race in the Americas
Belén Unzueta is teaching a seminar on the historical account of race and ethnicity in the Americas as a Penn-Mellon Just Futures Initiative graduate fellow.
Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
The inaugural Matt and Erika Nord Director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites discusses her new role.
A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon
A new generation reinterprets Paul Robeson, singer, actor, advocate, and all-American icon
In collaboration with The Netter Center for Community Partnerships, ninth-grade students from Paul Robeson High School trained to become youth docents at the Paul Robeson House and Museum through a program funded by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
A historian’s take on Juneteenth
A historian’s take on Juneteenth
In a Q&A, fifth-year Ph.D. candidate VanJessica Gladney talks about what the day means and what broader conversation she hopes it will foster.
Mary Frances Berry and Kermit Roosevelt on Juneteenth’s history
Mary Frances Berry and Kermit Roosevelt on Juneteenth’s history
A new documentary produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center explores the history of the holiday and illustrates how and why freedom and citizenship were intertwined. The film features Berry and Roosevelt, among others.
Putting biomedical research advances within reach
Putting biomedical research advances within reach
Treatments and vaccines are only useful in the hands of the people who need them, and Penn Medicine is working toward better access and equity for biomedical innovations.
‘Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race and Rights in the Age of Abolition’
‘Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race and Rights in the Age of Abolition’
Historian Kathleen M. Brown’s new book reexamines the antislavery struggle and is the focus of the first episode of a new podcast series from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
Home health is another care setting where workers use judgment language
Home health is another care setting where workers use judgment language
A first-of-its kind study from Penn LDI reveals that Black and Hispanic patients are described negatively, and have shorter visits.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
A law meant to bust blight puts Black and Asian American property owners at risk, report warns
A new analysis by the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic at Penn Carey Law concludes that Philadelphia property conservatorships have come at the expense of vulnerable property owners, particularly Black and Asian American owners. Cara McClellan says that such petitions are filed in communities already at risk for gentrification.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennridge School District has created hostile environment for Black and LGBTQ students, federal complaint says
A federal complaint filed by Penn Carey Law’s Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic asserts that the Pennridge School District has failed to protect children of color and LGBTQ students, with remarks from Cara McClellan.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
America’s blueprint for urban inequity was drawn in Philly. It failed Black Philadelphians
Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta of the Weitzman School of Design sees an opportunity for Philadelphia to reset with an antiracist foundation, using Sankofa urban planning to incorporate Black history as a guide toward the future.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Affirmative action’s future waits as SCOTUS hears arguments
Cara McClellan of Penn Carey Law calls the claims that race-conscious admissions are unconstitutional a direct attack on more than 40 years of legal precedent.
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Associated Press
‘We’re triaging’: Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle
Ben Struhl of the School of Arts & Sciences says that violent crime is rising for reasons separate from social justice protests.
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WITF.org
A councilman in Reading wants the city to implement reparations for slavery
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences notes that nearly a dozen mayors in cities across the country have pledged to pilot reparations programs in their cities.
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