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1 week ago | inquirer.com | Nate File

Swarthmore College president Valerie Smith has condemned a pro-Palestine encampment on the school’s campus in a letter to the college community, encouraging the group to reconsider its approach. “I urge these protesters to pursue a less divisive approach to expressing their views — one that aligns with not just the College’s policies, but with the mutual respect, compassion, and care that all in our community deserve,” Smith wrote in the Thursday letter.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Nate File

Nearly a year since members of Swarthmore College’s pro-Palestinian encampment voluntarily ended the last-standing college protest encampment in Philadelphia, a new group of students has set up another encampment to continue and evolve their cause.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Nate File

When the Pacific Palisades wildfire blazed through Palisades Charter High School in Southern California, one of the many things destroyed was its newsroom, the home for the school’s student newspaper, Tideline.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Nate File

In February, about 200 people at a Northeast Philly apartment complex received a mysterious letter on Pennsylvania Department of Transportation letterhead, stating that their driver’s licenses and other official identification had been abruptly canceled. There was no detailed explanation of why, but the letter said if the receiver did not immediately return their licenses and otherwise comply with this “sanction,” the Pennsylvania State Police could come after them.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Nate File

With the May 7 REAL IDdeadline fast approaching, New Jersey has begun to offer “life-or-death” emergency expedited appointments for specific travel situations. Your bachelor party weekend trip will not qualify. Instead, the appointments are reserved for people without valid passports who are flying within 14 days and have a life-threatening illness or injury, or an immediate family member has such an affliction, or has died. Otherwise, your wait for a REAL ID could be long.