Topic: Protest

A City Council bill recently ended yet another threat to beloved food trucks in University City. Recent Drexel graduate Claire Toomey, students and University City organizers were the driving force behind it.

A legendary Philadelphia reporter (and Temple professor) exercised his First Amendment rights as a citizen, not press, last weekend.

While President Trump sends the military to quell ICE protests, a local civic leader has a reminder for all of us: Protest is not just a right; it’s politics

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member breaks down the escalating situation and details the dangers of federalizing a state's National Guard

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member presents a basic guide to resisting authoritarianism for ordinary people

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

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?

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