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Penn Museum apologizes for allowing the use of human remains of Black Philadelphians in an online class

April 27, 2021

This month the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology outlined a series of recommendations for the repatriation and reburial of human remains in the Samuel G. Morton Cranial Collection, consisting more than 1,000 human skulls amassed in the 1830s-40s by a natural scientist and anatomy lecturer who used them to compare the brain…

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Philly needs to protect public art — and the artists that make it too

February 17, 2021

Gentrification is changing the cultural landscape in Philadelphia. Many parts of the city are experiencing rapid development, and murals, which celebrate neighborhood history and community leaders, are being destroyed, covered up, and whitewashed prematurely. The artists and communities who created these public artworks are left without a choice in the matter. While it is true…

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