Universities buckle to authoritarian demands
21 March 2025
Accepting government orders is a losing strategy. Read more about Universities buckle to authoritarian demands
University of Pennsylvania
Gaza genocide denial
15 July 2024
Naysayers minimize and obscure the Palestinian reality while also victim blaming dead Palestinians. Read more about Gaza genocide denial
Gaza is our moment of truth
14 May 2024
Beware of “victory,” this is just our origin story. Read more about Gaza is our moment of truth
Students fight escalating repression on US campuses
19 April 2024
Columbia University, MIT, Harvard and UPenn administrations attempt – and fail – to quash student activism against Israel’s genocide. Read more about Students fight escalating repression on US campuses
Palestine Writes fights censorship calls
18 September 2023
Festival organizers urge UPenn to reject malicious claims by pro-Israel lobby. Read more about Palestine Writes fights censorship calls
John Legend implores us to love Palestinians
22 May 2014
In a moving commencement speech, singer John Legend did something nearly unprecedented among celebrity commenters: he urged his audience to humanize Palestinians. Read more about John Legend implores us to love Palestinians
As anti-BDS attacks mount, students feel unsafe but U of Penn President maintains shameful silence
2 February 2012
Unchecked inflammatory rhetoric by opponents of the Penn BDS conference, and the University of Pennsylvania’s failure to act, is making students feel unsafe. Read more about As anti-BDS attacks mount, students feel unsafe but U of Penn President maintains shameful silence
BDS is Nazism and Omar Barghouti is Hitler says UPenn professor in shocking smear
1 February 2012
In the latest shot against the upcoming boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) conference at the University of Pennsylvania next weekend, the movement is being openly compared to Nazism. Read more about BDS is Nazism and Omar Barghouti is Hitler says UPenn professor in shocking smear