Race
Remembering the Great Charles Bowser on His 84th Birthday
A version of this story ran in 2010. Many prominent, as well as not-so-prominent, Philadelphians have important stories to tell about the preeminent Charles W. […]
Confession: I’m Black, and I Used to Be Afraid to Walk Around Fishtown
This September marked the start of my 32nd year of residence in this city. And for all of those previous 31 years, I’ve treated this […]
Ban the “Redskins”
“Redskin” is a slur. Got it? This is not up for debate. It is a slur, despite any arguments made about intent. Curiously, it is […]
Nat Turner: Maniacal Murderer or Virtuous Visionary?
A version of this column ran in 2011. October 2, 2014 — or thereabout — will be the 214th birthday of Nat Turner. I say “thereabout” because […]
Faculty Member Suspended Over “Redskins” Ban
This isn’t heavy-handed at all: Neshaminy school officials have suspended a faculty member because the students who run the high school paper refused to permit […]
What Stu Bykofsky Almost Gets Right About White Privilege
Let’s give Stu Bykofsky some credit: Sometimes he almost stumbles his way to the truth. Backhanded compliment? Sure. But you take what you can get […]
Lancaster Paper and Stephen Colbert Compare Cramped Planes to Slave Ships
The image seen here is a depiction of the way that slaves were transported on ships. And a Lancaster newspaper decided to use these deplorable […]
Have We Entered the Era of Crowdsourced Hate-Funding?
Lynching rose to prominence in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most notably in the Deep South during the dawn of […]
1964: The Year Everything in Philly and Atlantic City Broke
We don’t want to let the day pass without recommending that you take a look at Will Bunch’s Daily News cover story about the 1964 […]
Michael Nutter’s Beautiful, Empty Words About Ferguson
OK, we’ve probably beat up on the Philadelphia Police Department enough for one summer. We’ve suffered through a new scandal, retreaded an old scandal, questioned […]
Newspaper Employee Fired for “Chinky Winky” and “Dinky Doo” Asian Slurs
Just a few days after Philadelphia Public Record publisher Jimmy Tayoun Sr. (pictured) shrugged off the Asian slurs that appeared in last week’s edition of […]
Philly Newspaper Apologizes for Calling Asians “Chinky Winky” and “Dinky Doo”
UPDATE 8/25 1:10pm: The editor responsible for the Asian slurs has been fired. For the full story, go here. ORIGINAL: The Philadelphia Public Record newspaper […]
Philadelphia Newspaper Calls Asians “Chinky Winky” and “Dinky Doo”
UPDATE 8/25 1:10 pm: The newspaper editor responsible for the Asian slurs has been fired. For the full story, go here. ORIGINAL: In the August […]
Discount Code for Yuengling Oktoberfest 5K
Well, didn’t this work out just swimmingly? On Tuesday, we encouraged you to put Yuengling Brewery’s debut Oktoberfest 5K on your Official Fall Race Calendar Radar, […]
Groups to Share $65,000 in Swim Club Settlement
Can’t believe it’s been five years already: You might remember the once-infamous story of The Valley Swim Club, which in 2009 canceled the swimming privileges […]