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Broad Street Run to return May 4 with earlier start time than previous years

Greater diversity among organ donors increases the possibility that people on waiting lists find good matches

Cynthia London Organ Donation

AI can detect depression in white people based on their social media posts – but not in Black people, Penn study finds

AI Depression Disparities

New course series by Science History Institute explores how scientists perpetuated racist myths

Science History Institute series

Black people in New Jersey were policed more aggressively than white residents during COVID lockdown, ACLU says

Children's Health

Online racism can lead to PTSD symptoms among Black adolescents, study finds

Cyberbullying Mental Health Black Teens

Philly hospitals pledge to no longer consider a patient's race in certain treatment guidelines

Medical diagnostic tools

Melanoma is more likely to kill Black men than others, research finds

Melanoma in Black men

Furry, feathery 'Skin' exhibit opens at the Academy of Natural Sciences

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As overdose deaths surged early in the COVID-19 pandemic, racial disparities also grew

Overdose Racial Disparities

Pennsylvania schools have banned books more often than every state but Texas since last summer

Pennsylvania Book Bans

A reunion between Malcolm Jenkins and Philadelphia makes too much sense not to happen

Exhibit at Fairmount Water Works explores legacy of racial discrimination in public pools

Pool exhibit Fairmount Water Works

Philly Commerce Director Michael Rashid resigns after allegations of anti-Semitism and 'toxic' workplace claims

Michael Rashid resigns Commerce

Philly Commerce Department reeling from director's 'toxic' management style, staffers say

Michael Rashid Philly commerce department

Former Eagles player will host 'The Bachelor: After the Final Rose' in place of Chris Harrison

Emmanuel Acho The Bachelor

Republican Timothy L. DeFoor defeats Democrat Nina Ahmad for Pennsylvania Auditor General

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Philadelphia NAACP leader ousted as national organization takes over local branch

NAACP Philly building

Family court employee fired after video shows him tearing down Black Lives Matter posters from park fence

Court supervisor fired

Majority of arrests for loitering, curfew violations in Philadelphia made against Black youth, data shows

loitering curfew arrests philadelphia

Black people are dying of COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate in New Jersey, reflecting national patterns

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Minority patients benefit from having minority doctors, but that's a hard match to make

Minority doctor-patient relationship

Mayor Kenney calls out mummers who wore blackface during 2020 parade; club disqualified from competition

Philadelphia FOP calls Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins a 'non-resident, washed up football player'

Malcolm Jenkins FOP police

A message for the 47 percent of white Republicans bothered by hearing foreign languages

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Flyers' Justin Bailey offers support for teen hockey player targeted by racist taunts

New emojis in 2019 will include interracial couples, people with disabilities, and drop of blood

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Rutgers to reconsider punishing professor who went on racially-charged Facebook rant

Robert Barchi

Over 40 percent of homicides with black or Hispanic victims in Philadelphia went unsolved from 2007 to 2016

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Lancaster man shot with Taser by police files civil rights lawsuit

Sean Williams Lancaster Police

Lancaster mayor says video of police using Taser is 'great concern'

Sean Williams Lancaster Police

Man says cops called on family after asking for movie refund

Ashley Jimenez

Rutgers history professor calls out 'Caucasian a**holes,' resigns from white race in Facebook rant

Carroll - Rutgers University-Camden

Do bouncers at clubs enforce dress codes equally across races?

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N.J. principal apologizes to black students for 1776 prom theme

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Opening Starbucks bathrooms won't heal racial strife, but this idea sure might

Carroll - Starbucks at 18th and Spruce streets

Wait, did Starbucks actually change bathroom policy after Philly incident?

Carroll - Starbucks at 18th and Spruce streets

Report: Warren Buffett's mortgage companies busy in Philly, Camden – catering to white people

Stock_Carroll - Rowhomes in Queen Village

It took two minutes for Philly Starbucks manager to call cops on two black men

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson

Starbucks CEO apologizes to black men arrested at Philly store, wants to meet with them

Starbucks 18th Spruce

Higher Education

Penn Law professor Amy Wax: higher education aggressively quashes truth

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Tenured Penn Law professor's duties pared after belittling remarks about black students

University of Pennsylvania campus

'It's ok to be white' stickers plastered over stop signs in Pennsylvania borough

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CCP reaches new contracts with faculty and staff, averting strike

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Egg prices Philly

Fasting during Ramadan was harder this year for this Philly woman – but that's a byproduct of her weight-loss success

Bariatric Surgery Ramadan

Cherry Blossom Festival in Fairmount Park aligns with peak bloom

Cherry Blossom Festival 2025

Flyers thoughts: Pain is part of the process

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