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A Letter from the Editor

Attendees of the vigil display a banner of names of people who died in the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 14. Credit: Chenyao Liu August 25, 2025 Today the University of Pennsylvania formally welcomes the Class of 2029. Today is the six hundred and eighty-eighth day of genocide. For six hundred and eighty eight days, theContinue reading “A Letter from the Editor”

The Union Fight at Penn

Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania and United RAs at Penn are uniting efforts to push for worker’s rights.Credit: Sydney Curran substantially updated from 2024, by Anonymous, 2025 Join Your Union Now! From the start of the day, when the lights turn on, to the end, when everyone goes home, it is labor that keeps theContinue reading “The Union Fight at Penn”

Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine

Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine organized a die-in demonstration at College Hall on Jan. 29.Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi by Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, University of Pennsylvania, 2025 For nearly two years, the Penn Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine chapter has spoken out against the brutal and ongoing extermination of PalestinianContinue reading “Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine”

Penn vs. International Students

By U.S. Customs and Border Protection – CBP International Travel Preclearance Operations in Canada, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66500139 by Anonymous, 2025 Penn hosts one of the largest international student communities in the Ivy League, with students hailing from over 137 countries, a fact often repeated in admissions flyers and marketed as a differentiating strength. In theContinue reading “Penn vs. International Students”

Lynching victims in the dissecting room: Penn’s record of desecrating Black human remains

Clipping from the Inquirer (1894) by Anonymous, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s history is a story of scientific racism and dehumanizing practices. In 2021, facing pressure from racial justice community organizers, the Penn Museum and the University issued long overdue apologies for displaying the skulls of enslaved Africans in a eugenist collection and for stealingContinue reading “Lynching victims in the dissecting room: Penn’s record of desecrating Black human remains”

How Penn is Cheating Philly’s Public Schools

Protesters march on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania demanding the school and Drexel University pay PILOTS to support Philadelphia schools on March 30, 2021. A black student in a blue coat holds up a sign that says, "Pay your fair share PILOTs now!!" Another protestor in the background holds a sign that reads, "Fund our schools not police."

In Philadelphia, the poorest large city in the U.S., Penn is both the largest employer and largest private landowner. However, due to its federal status as a nonprofit institution, it does not pay property taxes.