Demonstrations

Trump No Kings Protest

'No Kings' protest' against Trump administration to close Ben Franklin Parkway, other streets on Saturday

California governor's office points to Eagles' Super Bowl win in decrying Trump's National Guard deployment

ICE Protests Los Angeles

Philly Ukrainian Americans 'alternate between grieving and organizing' as U.S. support shifts under Trump

Ukraine protest City Hall

Philly's largest city workers union votes to authorize strike during rush-hour rally

City workers strike

Protesters interrupt Philly school board meeting, calling for Northeast High teacher's reinstatement

School board protest

Temple suspends pro-Palestinian student group after protesters disrupted job fair

Temple Palestine group

Bucks County workers go on 1-day strike, demanding health care protections

Bucks County strike

Philly Naked Bike Ride route to go through Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Saturday

Naked Bike Ride

Bike activists delivered a petition to Mayor Cherelle Parker's office with a 'cold reception'

Bicycle Petition City Hall

Rittenhouse church ends bike-lane parking on Sundays after weeks of protests

Bike lanes Spruce

Hundreds of cyclists protested in Center City for protected bike lanes

Bike Lane protest

A 20-foot-tall inflatable IUD named Freeda visits City Hall to promote access to birth control

Giant IUD Philly

Police arrest 6 people at pro-Palestinian march outside City Hall on Fourth of July

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46 people arrested during Aramark workers protest that blocked Market Street

Aramark protest arrests

Bells to ring in Philly on Friday afternoon as a call to address gun violence

Penn Live bells

Penn bans encampments as part of temporary guidelines on campus demonstrations

Penn encampment ban

Philly Dyke March is back for Pride Month, but a schism spawned a new event with a similar purpose and name

Philly Dyke March Pride

Pro-Palestine protesters depart Drexel encampment following police order

Drexel Palestine Encampment

Drexel resumes in-person classes after university calls on pro-Palestinian encampment to disband

Drexel university encampment

Pro-Palestinian encampment set up on Drexel University campus

drexel university encampment

Demonstration erupts at Penn after pro-Palestinian protesters attempt to occupy academic building

University of Pennsylvania Penn police

Pro-Palestine protesters march through University City after Penn encampment disbandment

University City protest Penn

Philly police disband pro-Palestine Penn encampment, arrest 33 protesters

penn arrests protesters

More than 50 arrests made after demonstration shuts down portion of I-676, police say

interstate 676 traffic protest

A law-and-order approach to Philly's overdose crisis will have grave effects, harm reduction advocates say

Overdose Prevention Kensington

Protesters calling for ceasefire in Gaza block westbound I-76, Spring Garden Street bridge.

gaza protest schuylkill spring garden

Sharon Hill protesters demand full report on police shooting of Fanta Bility

Fanta Bility Sharon Hill

Starbucks workers strike at Center City store after successful union drive

Activists set up encampment at University City Townhomes to fight for fair housing

University City Townhomes

Amazon workers walk out in Bellmawr to protest transfers caused by its upcoming closure

Amazon South Jersey

Wyndham Philadelphia hotel workers protest ahead of contract negotiations

Wyndham Hotel strike

Patriot Front — the hate group that marched through Philly — has defaced several George Floyd memorials

Patriot Front Philadelphia

Philly residents who took part in election demonstrations should self-isolate for two weeks, city health officials say

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Texts rallying Trump supporters to Philadelphia election protests came from company lead by campaign aide

No citywide curfew in Philly for second straight night as officials report no incidents of looting, vandalism

philly citywide curfew

Center City streets reopen after being closed overnight to deter vandalism

Center City street closures

Protests over police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. continue for second night in West Philly

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Protests erupt in West Philly after police fatally shoot Black man

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Fatal Lancaster police shooting sparks overnight protests

Lancaster police shooting

Philly demands protest encampments clear Ben Franklin Parkway, Ridge Avenue

Philly Homeless Encampments

Protesters call for Drexel, Penn to dissolve campus police forces by 2025

Penn Drexel police protest

Protesters call for police-free schools, all-virtual learning in Philly this fall

Philadelphia student union protest

As U.S. attorney questions Philly's ban on public events, city senses Trump effort to squelch protests

McSwain Philly Events

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