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 Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
February 10, 2021 | 9:42 AM

Students’ allegations of past and present racism at Biglerville H.S. force a difficult conversation

About three weeks ago, accounts appeared on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter calling out a culture of racism at Biglerville High School, which enrolls just over 500 students in the heart of the Adams County fruit belt.

The accounts’ administrators say the school has allowed a pattern of “racially motivated child abuse” to go unchecked for years.

By Alanna Elder
 Kevin Dietsch
Updated: January 26, 2021 | 2:10 pm

Biden aims to advance racial equity with executive actions

The four executive actions are aimed at upholding one of Biden’s key campaign themes: to advance “racial equity for Americans who have been underserved and left behind.”

By Brian Naylor/NPR
January 19, 2021 | 7:40 AM

What people fighting for change today can learn from MLK’s use of media

“He turned out the press … because he was magnetic,” said Michael Days, veteran editor and former vice president for diversity and inclusion at the Philadelphia Media Network.
By Alan Yu/WHYY

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January 15, 2021 | 5:09 PM

MLK Day: Reflections on “racial reckoning”

Is there more acknowledgement of discrimination and inequality?
By Scott LaMar
 Kate Landis
December 24, 2020 | 10:37 AM

Pennsylvania 2020: Pandemic, protests and the presidency

Like the rest of the globe, Pennsylvania struggled mightily with a new virus that arrived suddenly and upended daily life, bringing sickness, suffering and death and widening political fault lines.
By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press
 Justin Sullivan
December 18, 2020 | 3:00 PM

Smart Talk: U.S. Senator Bob Casey introduces two bills to change police response

LEAD initiative to address racial justice and non-criminal emergencies
By Merideth Bucher
 AP Photo/Michael Perez
October 29, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Philly shooting brings policing, racism back into campaign

The fatal shooting of another Black man on America's streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues of policing and racism in the nation back to the fore of the presidential election in its closing days.
By Claudia Lauer, Aamer Madhani, Robert Bumsted/Associated Press
 Dani Fresh
October 27, 2020 | 7:50 AM

From Philly to Erie, 12 Pa. voters talk about their crucial swing state vote

Our network of reporters talked with people across the state about who they are voting for and how they’re being affected by the biggest issues of the year — including COVID-19, the economy, and protests for racial justice.

By Laura Benshoff/WHYY, Min Xian/WPSU, Emily Previti, Peter Crimmins/WHYY, Alanna Elder, Sam Dunklau and Ariel Worthy/WESA
 Brynn Anderson
October 5, 2020 | 10:10 AM

Mellon launches $250M project to remake American monuments

The money comes at a time when the U.S. has been grappling with what to do with monuments such as the vast array of Confederate memorials located mostly in the South that many people find offensive.

By Rebecca Santana/The Associated Press
 Laurence Kesterson
October 2, 2020 | 7:44 AM

NFL players past and present want more action from owners

While the NFL fights for racial equality, current and former players want team owners to take more specific actions.
By Rob Maaddi/Associated Press
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