Politics
Kent State students dress up as babies, claiming that 'safe spaces are for children'
At the protest, students wore diapers, suspenders and pacifiers while sitting surrounded by toys behind a plastic fence.
Phila.'s Office of Immigrant Affairs is working with local advocacy groups to protect DACA recipients
The office has partnered with local, smaller advocate groups and nonprofit organizations to help those affected by the Trump administrations decision to repeal DACA.
Trump to nominate two more Penn alumni to key administration posts
Trump nominated Rohit Chopra to fill the open Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission and Kenneth Braithwaite to serve as the American ambassador to Norway.
What you missed at the Perry World House conference on state violence towards black communities
The conference, titled "Under the Gun: A Conference on State Violence & Black Populations,” was organized by Africana Studies professor Michael Hanchard.
A Penn student group protested abortion on College Green with graphic photos of aborted fetuses
Quakers for Life, a student group opposed to abortion, protested outside Van Pelt Library on Monday using nearly twenty graphic pictures of aborted fetuses.
Penn and hundreds of other colleges asked Congress for a 'long-term legislative fix' to DACA
Penn President Amy Gutmann has previously called the end of DACA, which protects a number of Penn students, “heartbreaking."
Students across the country sat down at Penn this week to talk politics without having a 'screaming debate'
Penn's newly-established chapter of the Common Party, Cairn University and the Graduate School of Education co-sponsored the event.
What the conservative economist Alex Brill told Penn students about tax reform this week
Brill said it might be the right moment for tax reform, but added that he isn’t holding his breath “It’s been 31 years since lawmakers did something called tax reform," he said.
Pa. students could lose their public university discount as state budget stalemate continues
The price of Pennsylvania colleges and universities is already the nation’s third highest, coming in at over $27,000.
Investigative reporting from a Penn alumnus forced Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to resign
2002 College graduate Dan Diamond spent a thousand hours tracking the flight patterns of Price to prove that he had been using a private plane for government travel.
Given the recent threats to Obamacare, do Penn students need to worry about access to mental health care?
The Trump administration has placed several key aspects of the ACA at risk such as the ability for individuals to remain on their parents' health care plans until they reach the age of 26.
Rates of opioid addiction are rising nationwide — Penn researchers have been looking for solutions in Philadelphia
University doctors, clinical researchers, students, faculty and alumni are working to address opioid abuse across Philadelphia, which was ranked fifth in the country in 2016 for overdose deaths per 100,000 people.
Experts at Perry World House conference: North Korea is unlikely to 'toss a nuclear weapon'
The PWH symposium ended with a discussion hosted by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger.
Over 100 Phila. immigrants were arrested in a federal raid targeting 'sanctuary cities'
The operation took place in "sanctuary cities," where municipal officials refuse to turn undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes over to federal customs authorities.
Michelle Obama spoke in Philadelphia last week — here's what you missed
Hint: former President Barack Obama makes a romantic appearance to commemorate the couple's 25th wedding anniversary.
Penn alumna fired after saying she was unsympathetic to the Las Vegas shooting victims
Hayley Geftman-Gold, a top lawyer at CBS who graduated from the College in 1997, was fired after posting on Facebook that she wasn't sympathetic for victims of the Las Vegas shooting.
Under Trump's latest travel ban, some Penn faculty worry they may never see their families again
Persian literature professor Fatemeh Shams has been separated seemingly indefinitely from her Iranian parents, both of whom are poor in health.
A controversial critic of the Black Lives Matter movement spoke at Penn amid student protests
Under the midday sun, students held up signs to protest Heather Mac Donald who has argued repeatedly that the Black Lives Matter movement perpetuates a "war on cops."
Joe Biden to Mexican students at Penn: 'We want you to stay'
"I believe that Mexico maybe is the among the first three priorities the U.S. has to determine whether or not we succeed in the 21st century," Biden said.