1933 Comes to Sansom Street

The protest in front of Michael Solomonov’s restaurant revealed more than know-nothingism

By Larry Platt

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

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

What Has Happened to Activism?

What do the proposed Sixers arena, UC Townhomes, the selling off of county water and sewer systems, and protests of the Bellwether District have in common? Opposition that is shrill and uncivil. Is the art of persuasion dead?

By Larry Platt
REALITY CHECK

PROTEST WITHOUT END

Reflecting on last week’s City Council disruptions, WURD’s afternoon host calls for protests with purpose—to make real change

By Charles D. Ellison

Intolerance, Philly-Style

When a rabid crowd of protesters shut down a public hearing last week on the economic impact of the soda tax, the real victim was Democracy itself

By Larry Platt

Big Soda Responds…

A spokesman argues that our report of an anti-soda tax protest in early June was off-base and unfair

By Anthony Campisi

Scenes from a (soda tax) protest

Last week’s rally against the soda tax lacked many things—including a crowd

By Iain Levison
The Citizen Recommends

Fabricio Rodriguez at TEDxPhilly

The professional organizer on activism for social change

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy