
Philadelphia City Councilmember on Swarthmore Students’ Activism, College Sanctions
On March 6, 2025, Swarthmore College sanctioned fifteen students, including students from and first educated in Philadelphia, for their participation in Palestine solidarity activism that took place between October 2023 and March 2024. Among these sanctions were a semester-long suspension, a year-long academic probation decision, and nine instances of semester-long academic probation. The suspended student, set to graduate in May,