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NPR: Why I’m A Vaccine Volunteer: Doing What Needs To Be Done

asianct - December 15, 2020 0

I come from people who did what needed to be done when faced with personal or community crisis. And I have a...

University of Pennsylvania

Gouverneur Morris: Founding Father, disabled American

asianct - August 6, 2020 0

Best known for writing the ‘We the People’ preamble to the Constitution, Gouverneur Morris also lived with painful disabilities. History doctoral candidate...

Research

What the 1968 Kerner Commission can teach us

asianct - July 1, 2020 0

Criminologist and statistician Richard Berk, who worked on the report as a graduate student, explains the systemic racism and poverty found to...

U.S.

AP: Trump says ‘learn from history’ instead of removing statues

asianct - June 23, 2020 0

As America grapples with racism in its past, President Donald Trump lined up squarely Tuesday with those who argue that the...

University of Pennsylvania

Historian Mary Frances Berry responds to the George Floyd protests

asianct - June 6, 2020 0

The professor of history and Africana studies speaks with Penn Today about protesting injustice, pushing for change, and the history of African...

University of Pennsylvania

When Malcolm X came to Penn

asianct - May 23, 2020 0

On this Malcolm X Day, his 95th birthday, Penn Today reflects on his visit to the University in January of 1963, and...

Student Life

Celebrate the arts, history, and nature from home

asianct - May 6, 2020 0

The COVID-19 outbreak is devastating the arts community locally and globally, resulting in closures of museums, galleries, concert venues, and other public...

Research

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