Politics
At this town hall, Penn grad students brainstormed ways Penn could protect them from GOP tax bill
The House of Representatives passed a version of the $1.5 trillion tax plan on Nov. 16, and it included a provision taxing tuition waivers for graduate students.
A look back at all of The Daily Pennsylvanian's Trump reporting in 2017
Regardless of what students thought about Trump’s first year, the Penn brand has inevitably entered the national discussion surrounding his administration.
The year in petitions: What got Penn students riled up in 2017?
From Penn's dining hall policies to the Trump administration's appointment of key personnel, students took to the internet to pen a variety of petitions this year.
The Supreme Court made Trump's travel ban legal. What does that mean for Penn students?
This third iteration of the travel ban restricts most citizens of Iran, Libya, Chad, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and North Korea, in addition to some from Venezuela, from entering the U.S.
Former Phila. activist Tarana Burke among the 'Silence Breakers' honored by Time Magazine
Burke started the "Me Too" campaign on her MySpace page years before it was recently re-introduced by the actress Alyssa Milano as a hashtag.
Inside the year-long battle to preserve Penn's Asian American Studies program
Heading into 2018, the ASAM program is at a crossroads. Without a director or robust physical space, the ASAM program may not thrive for much longer.
Ezekiel Emanuel and Thomas Miller debated opposing health care views at Penn on Thursday
Penn professor Ezekiel Emanuel worked on the ACA as an advisor to Obama, and Thomas Miller co-wrote the 2011 book, “Why Obamacare is Wrong for America.”
This club gets Penn students active in the criminal justice reform movement in Philadelphia
Besides hosting on-campus meetings and speakers, Beyond Arrest: Re-Thinking Systematic Oppression members volunteer with educational programs in prisons across the city.
When the Justice Dept withheld money from Phila. for being a 'sanctuary city,' the city sued — and won
Philadelphia sued Attorney General Jeff Sessions after the Department of Justice withheld $1.5 million in federal grant money over Philadelphia’s “sanctuary city” policies.
Meet the group bringing conservative speakers to Penn to break the 'doctrinaire leftist bubble'
This semester, Penn Federalist Society hosted Heather Mac Donald, a vocal critic of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Penn Law professor Amy Wax, who wrote that Anglo-Protestant cultural norms are superior to others.
This Penn grad voted to tax private institutions, including his alma mater
Trey Hollingsworth, a representative in the House, voted to pass the GOP tax bill, which calls for a $1.5 trillion tax cut along with measures to tax University endowments and graduate student tuition waivers.
A former neo-Nazi talked to Penn students about 'unconditional kindness' on Monday
“People who need kindness most are often the ones who least deserve it," said Arno Michaelis, an author, activist and former leader of a white supremacist group.
A Princeton prof responsible for sexually harassing a student has remained employed at the university
Princeton graduate student Yeohee Im said Engineering Professor Sergio Verdu invited her over to watch a movie, during which he reached under her shirt to touch her stomach and thigh.
At Trump's alma mater, students worry GOP tax bill will disadvantage the 'young, poor, and middle class'
On Dec. 2, the Senate passed a version of the Republican tax reform bill, marking what pundits say is the first major legislative victory of Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s presidency.
Chelsea Manning at Penn, on exposing the U.S. government: 'I don’t have any regrets'
Chelsea Manning was sentenced in 2011 to 35 years in military prison, where she began transitioning and started her journey as an LGBTQ activist.
Ahead of Senate vote, Harvard's president lobbied in Washington against GOP tax bill
Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust is not the only university leader to publicize her institution's opposition to the bill. Penn President Amy Gutmann called the bill "regressive" in an emailed statement sent to all University students and staff in early November.
Voting data shows Bernie Sanders could have been elected as a Phila. official — if he lived in the city
Sanders was one of four people who received a write-in vote for the position of the judge of elections for the ninth division of the Fifth Ward.
This report has found that there are fewer new international students coming to U.S. colleges
Experts have suggested that this dip in numbers is associated with the rise of President Donald Trump, who has implemented a range of controversial immigration reform policies.
Penn Dems says the GOP tax plan will 'screw over' the poor. College Republicans disagree.
“This is a tax plan to help GOP donors and really, really really, really, rich people, while screwing over everyone else in the process,” said Penn Dems President Rachel Pomerantz.