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

Penn announces new safety protocols for graduation as encampment expands

Penn commencement security

Penn encampment continues into second week after talks with administration

Penn Palestine encampment chant

Penn interim president orders pro-Palestine protesters to end encampment

UPenn encampment statue

Pro-Palestine protesters at Penn encampment join demonstrations occuring at other campuses

Penn Encampment Gaza

Graduate student workers hold rally, accuse Penn of union-busting tactics

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Police arrest 68 at pro-Palestinian protest that blocked Philly roads

Palestine protest arrests Philly

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

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Penn students interrupt board of trustees meeting with pro-Palestinian protest

Penn Palestine protest board of trustees

Gaza ceasefire activists to march from Philadelphia to D.C. in week-long protest

Peace pilgrimage Gaza

Over a century before the Civil War, this radical Quaker agitated for an end to slavery

Benjamin Lay abolitionist Quaker

Without clearly notifying public, Penn Museum buries remains of 19 Black Philadelphians held in its collection

Penn Museum burial

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Eastern State Penitentiary's new series intends to spark dialogue about incarceration and civil rights

Eastern State social justice

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

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Penn president Liz Magill responds to backlash after tense congressional hearing on antisemitism

Liz Magill Penn

Gov. Shapiro dines at Goldie three days after pro-Palestinian protest targeted its owner

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Penn President Liz Magill testifies at congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses

Penn was too slow to condemn Palestine Writes speakers who have espoused antisemitism, President Magill says

Penn Israel Palestine

Flight attendants criticize American Airlines' response to colleague's 'suspicious' death in Philly hotel

Privacy advocates say the Phillies' facial recognition entrance puts their fans' data at risk

Phillies Facial Recognition

6 anti-wind farm protesters arrested for obstructing traffic in Ocean City

Housing activists liken 76ers' arena plans to Philly's long history of displacement

Sixers arena protest

Penn Museum abruptly closes amid protest over MOVE bombing victims' remains

MOVE Penn Museum

When Sinéad O'Connor refused to have the national anthem played before a concert, a Philly DJ tried to start a feud

Starbucks workers, labor leaders rally in effort to remove coffee kiosk from Dilworth Park

'Abbott Elementary' stars condemn studio greed at SAG rally in Philly

Sheryl Lee Ralph Lisa Ann Walter

New Jersey considers tax incentive bill to spur construction of offshore wind turbines

Protestors greet Moms for Liberty with banned book giveaways and dance parties

Moms for Liberty protests

Moms for Liberty event still set for Museum of the American Revolution despite outcry from staff, historians

Mistrial declared for ex-Philly cop who pepper-sprayed protesters on I-676

I-676 Pepper Spray

Philadelphia high school students plan climate strike for Friday

student climate strike

Philly reaches $9.25 million settlement in lawsuit over police response to 2020 protests

Chinatown gets animated in campaign against 76ers arena plan with bevy of protest art on display

chinatown 76ers protest art

Philly Starbucks workers go on three-day strike to protest coffee roaster's alleged union-busting

Philly Starbucks workers strike on Red Cup Day, joining union's nationwide work stoppage

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Student protesters who interrupted Penn football game say they're facing trespassing citations, disciplinary action

Penn protesters football

University City Townhome residents get third affordable housing extension as eviction looms

UC Townhomes extension

Tent encampment at University City Townhomes dismantled amid protest

UC Townhomes Encampment

University City Townhomes encampment must must be taken down by Monday, judge rules

University City Townhomes

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

Fanta Bility Sharon Hill

Jenkintown woman sentenced to prison for lighting police cars on fire during George Floyd protests

Blumenthal Police Car Fires

Starbucks workers strike at Center City store after successful union drive

Man who set police SUV on fire during Philly's George Floyd protests gets prison sentence

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