The Philadelphia Tribune

Adolescence is fraught with stressful changes, and the developing body can be one of those challenges, especially if a teen's body doesn't meet society's or that teen's standards. Negative body image can threaten mental health, according to new research that found teenagers who were dissatisfied with their bodies tended to experience depression as adults.

A diversity report in the NFL assigned high grades for the league office but lagging scores at team levels for racial and gender hiring. Wednesday's report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at Central Florida assigned an overall B-minus grade for the league, with a B-plus for racial hiring and a C for gender hiring. The report examined a range of positions at the league headquarters and within franchises using data for the 2020 season.

The documentary genre's power of immediacy is evident in "Not Done: Women Remaking America," which includes the still-unfolding possibility of the first Black female vice president and the loss of Breonna Taylor. The film depicts a powerful female-driven advocacy, one represented by Black Lives Matter, Me Too and other 21st-century movements that have built on and transcended past efforts

An accomplished Black businessman, Henry took on a job the city says others were unwilling to do: lead contractor for the now-completed removal of 14 pieces of Confederate statuary that dotted Virginia’s capital city. There was angry opposition, and fear for the safety of all involved.

Chadwick Boseman surges onto the screen as fast-talking trumpeter Levee in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" like a man on an electrified tightrope -- balancing precariously between hope and cynicism, humor and sadness, joy and pain, and love and hate.

Firefighters found a woman stabbed to death after extinguishing a fire in an apartment in the city's Brewerytown section.

Three community-based organizations were presented with $2,000 each in grants from House Democratic Leader and State Rep. Joanna McClinton’s (D-191) office on Tuesday. The organizations, which focus on a range of issues from at risk youth, to re-entry support, said the grants will further existing programs, especially as funds have waned throughout the pandemic.

The homeless individuals, trained by the Building and Construction Trades Council, will rehab seven of the structures so people without housing can move in. Another two homes will go directly to the encampment organizers to rehab independently. Once all nine are fixed, they will be conveyed to a community land trust governed by a board and managed by the formerly homeless tenants.

Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation scored a victory in their fight to preserve their community. City Councilmembers unanimously approved Thursday a bill that would convert a section of the North Philadelphia neighborhood into a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.

After an inaugural address proclaiming "America first," two travel bans, a suspended refugee program and hints at restricting skilled worker visas widely used by Indians, parents doubted their children's futures in the U.S.

A Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a police officer who also fatally shot her 19-year-old boyfriend on Satuday told about 200 people gathered at an emotional rally in suburban Chicago that she's fighting "to be strong" for her son.

The world is focused on a COVID-19 vaccine to get everyone back to some version of normal, but the vaccine could also have another beneficial effect: It could reduce the disparities that have made the disease so deadly for some racial groups. A recent study showed that a vaccine against pneumococcal disease erased racial differences in the rates of those infections.

Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory is set to become the first Black U.S. prelate to assume the rank of cardinal in the Catholic Church, a historic appointment that comes months after nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice. Gregory's ascension, announced on Sunday by Pope Francis alongside 12 other newly named cardinals, elevates a leader who has drawn praise for his handling of the sexual abuse scandal that has roiled the church.

Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader who lost a razor-thin race for governor in 2018, voted on Oct. 15, driving her ballot to a local drop box.

When she started to fence at the age of seven on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Ysaora Thibus never dared dream of becoming an Olympian.

A 5-year-old from Georgia wrote a book to inspire kids to stay positive during the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.

Chisholm, in a career that stretched across a half-century, was known to television audiences from his recurring role as the inmate Burr Redding in the final three seasons of the HBO prison drama Oz, which ended in 2003.

President Donald Trump is seeking to play down the coronavirus as he seeks a second term.