Black Full Face Cover Thermal Ski Ma / Photo: Amazon *The Philadelphia City Council’s ban on ski masks is doing more harm than good for Black and brown youth, with troubling consequences on the ...

Some states’ anti-mask laws date back to the Ku Klux Klan, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. “It began to be used as a way to prosecute young, Black kids in Washington, D.C. who were ...

Philadelphia City Council’s ski mask ban is just the next in a series of tough-on-crime policies that disproportionately affect Black and brown youth.

A Black pastor did not mince his words while delivering a PSA to self-described “YNs” who wear ski masks who even thinks about running up on him. Of course, the internet has a lot to say about it.

City council voted today and the bill to ban ski masks in public spaces passed 13-2, according to Phillips, and Mayor Kenney will sign into law early next week. People who wear ski masks in parks ...

Philadelphia City Council members are moving to ban full face coverings in an effort to reduce crime, raising questions about the feasibility of enforcement and whether the policy will unfairly ...

Unlike Atlanta’s, however, Philadelphia’s ski mask ban provides protections for protesters. — Atlanta Community Press Collective (@atlanta_press) December 6, 2023 Subscribe to Newsletter ...

After the ski-mask ban bill was introduced in June by Phillips, it passed in council on Nov. 30 by a 13-2 vote. "It is a problem that we cannot ignore," Phillips told City Council when introducing ...