Universities grapple with attacks on student visas
No. 44 | Monday, April 7, 2025
City News
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked a Temple student's visa for unspecified reasons, leading the student to flee the country.
The Peisach family—oligarch donors to Penn—is also one of a small group of publicly known funders of Canary Mission, the shadowy pro-Israel blacklist group that has targeted Penn students and professors for speaking in support of Palestine.
Thousands of Philadelphians participated in an anti-Trump protest in Center City on Saturday, as part of a series of protests nationwide.
Non-attorney staff at the Defender Association of Philadelphia voted by 82% to form a union with AFSCME DC 47. They join attorneys who unionized back in 2020 with the UAW.
While Mayor Parker is failing working class Philadelphians by cutting the Zero Fare program that provides free SEPTA passes for tens of thousands living in poverty, DSA Councilmember Nic O'Rourke announced legislation to mandate the City fund the program permanently.
Just before first pitch at the Phillies' home opener, UNITE HERE Local 274 announced that Aramark workers at all 3 stadiums have won a historic new contract.
Philadelphia's largest refugee-resettlement agency, Nationalities Services Center, just lost millions and cut a third of its staff thanks to Trump.
A Kensington community group has spent over a decade turning abandoned lots into green sanctuaries—with zero support from the city.
Incumbent progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner received the majority of votes on the executive committee of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO but fell short of the two thirds majority required for endorsement.
State News
Staff at Chester Community Charter School, including the dean of students, were charged over the systemic physical abuse of students as young as five years old. The school is the largest brick-and-mortar charter in the state and has filled the pockets of its GOP-operative founder, Vahan Gureghian (including paying for his $43 million oceanfront mansion in Florida).
County agencies accept millions of dollars in Social Security benefits owed to foster kids to offset the cost of their care, but over a quarter of counties did not disclose how they spend the money—or if it was even spent on the kids. DSA Rep. Rick Krajewski has a bill to preserve that money for youth when they exit the foster system.
Elon Musk may be the richest man on earth, but a lawsuit from a Pennsylvania canvasser accuses him of failing to pay the $100 per petition signature he offered.
“The nation’s largest natural gas-powered data center” is coming to Pennsylvania.
Despite a promise to hold fracking groups accountable, environmental and health advocates say Governor Shapiro has done little more than hand out voluntary agreements and let corporations keep their toxic trade secrets.
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