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January 2, 2026 | 4:21 PM

Mennonite Action spurs political organizing among Lancaster’s progressive Anabaptists

The nonprofit advocacy group started by calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and is now also focused on supporting immigrants in the U.S.
By Jordan Wilkie/WITF
August 6, 2025 | 6:00 AM

Gov. Shapiro calls for further US aid for Gaza, amid worsening humanitarian crisis

By Jaxon White/WITF
July 28, 2025 | 5:00 AM

‘Hope has been genocided’: Mennonite Action activists from Central Pa. recount trip to West Bank

By Jaxon White / LNP | LancasterOnline

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June 2, 2025 | 4:17 PM

Pa. senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick agree on most things, but not cuts to Medicaid or SNAP

In a FOX News forum, the senators spent most of their time sharing policy positions.
By Jordan Wilkie/WITF
May 2, 2024 | 10:20 AM

Politicians have dueling messages in visits to Penn encampment

U.S. Senate Candidate David McCormick says student protestors should be arrested; city council members back the students
By Carmen Russell-Sluchansky/WHYY
March 19, 2024 | 9:22 AM

Palestine supporters stage ‘die-in’ outside state Treasurer Stacy Garrity’s office

By Jaxon White/LNP | LancasterOnline
October 14, 2023 | 9:34 AM

U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?

The violence in Israel and Gaza has heightened tensions on college campuses across the U.S.

By Rachel Treisman and Elissa Nadworny/NPR
May 24, 2021 | 3:24 PM

Officials say hate crimes against Jews are growing in the aftermath of Gaza violence

A cease-fire on Thursday brought an end, however tenuous, to fighting that left more than 230 Palestinians dead in Gaza, and killed at least 12 people in Israel. Yet despite the break in violence, several of the nation’s most prominent Jewish organizations are warning that repercussions for Jews in the United States could be long-lasting.

By Jason Breslow/NPR
May 23, 2021 | 8:52 AM

Quiet holds for 2nd day in Israel and Gaza as focus turns to rebuilding

Cease fire lasts a second day

By Becky Sullivan/NPR
May 20, 2021 | 6:25 PM

Israel and Hamas agree to a cease-fire in the Gaza conflict

The Israeli Cabinet voted to accept an Egyptian initiative for a cease-fire, according to a statement from the Cabinet. A Hamas spokesman said, “The Palestinian resistance will commit itself to this deal as long as the occupation is committed.”

By Merrit Kennedy, Becky Sullivan, Laurel Wamsley/ NPR
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