Topic: Protest
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Listen/Watch: Leadership In A Time of Protest
On the latest episode of How To Really Run A City, former mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed catch up with Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney. NEW this episode: Watch the conversation
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nighttime_Gaza_Israel_Protest_Franklin_Statue_Penn_Ethan_Young-791x400.jpeg)
A Concerned Citizen Responds on Campus Protests
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
By A Concerned Citizen and Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MichaelSmerconish_WikipediaCommons-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Michael Smerconish on His Commencement Cancellation
Protesters pressured Dickinson College to cancel the local Sirius and CNN talk show host’s commencement address to graduates. Here, he responds
By Michael Smerconish![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UPenn-Gaza-Solidarity-Encampment-791x400.jpg)
Free Speech … or Pro-Terrorist?
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?
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_Columbia_pro-Palestine_protest_16-791x400.jpeg)
Everyone Has Much to Learn about Israel and Gaza
During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus
By Elaine Maimon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Protest_Goldie-791x400.png)
1933 Comes to Sansom Street
The protest in front of Michael Solomonov’s restaurant revealed more than know-nothingism
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Target-Pride-Display-Dadeland-791x400.jpg)
Bring Back Queer Radicalism
Rainbow capitalism and crosswalks are nice, but let’s not forget we need to demand our right to exist
By Josh Kruger![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TUGSA_Facebook_Feb_4-791x400.jpg)
The Real Problem at Temple … Isn’t Just Temple’s
The issue, a long-time university president laments, is the exploitation of graduate students at colleges
By Elaine Maimon