Opinion

In the wake of Citizen stories about the encampments at Penn, several readers forwarded a Palestinian-American’s Medium post about simple truths we would all be wise to remember

Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt’s column last week on the Penn protests sparked a lot of reaction. Here, one reader’s email in response, and their subsequent civil back and forth

Protesters pressured Dickinson College to cancel the local Sirius and CNN talk show host’s commencement address to graduates. Here, he responds

Professors and local pols like progressive Councilmembers Gauthier, Brooks and O’Rourke say they want to support Penn students’ rights to peaceful protest. But does their support of Gaza encampments turn a moral blind eye?

A C+ school for the win.

During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus

A local Republican urges his party to embrace what unites regular Americans

The progressive prosecutor movement is losing momentum. Its poster boy may have to adjust to a new political zeitgeist

Cities around the country are buying vacant office buildings to convert to housing or to meet other civic needs. Here’s why Philly should do the same

Mayor Parker wants to “clean and green” the city? A longtime Philadelphia journalist knows just where she can start