Voice: Larry Platt

Spark Therapeutics and Drexel University are betting big on a new, $575 million innovation center. For Spark CEO Jeff Marrazzo, it’s another iteration of a change maker’s vision

A transgender swimmer at Penn is setting NCAA records. Why haven’t we read about it in the Inquirer?

D.A. Larry Krasner is in denial, the mayor has thrown up his hands, and the police commissioner has gone MIA. But maybe the ultimate solution to our historic scourge of violence lies beyond them, anyway

… when just about everyone in it is complicit. State Rep. Jared Solomon and Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez have spoken out. But, in the aftermath of the Dougherty conviction, where are the others?

Peter Georgescu, former Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam and author of Capitalists Arise! will share his vision with Ali Velshi of a free enterprise system that truly fosters inclusive growth

On our Festival eve, bestselling author Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. and Tony-winning playwright and singer/songwriter Stew will disturb some peace by sharing lessons in song and prose from the moral vision of James Baldwin

In a special Citizen Zoom series, former mayoral candidate Sam Katz, State Rep. Jared Solomon and City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez weigh in on how we got here and how we move forward

Democrats’ gigantic Build Back Better bill contains a government bailout for local journalism. Why does no one see a problem with that?

We champion athletes speaking out on social issues. What to do when they turn out to be not so bright?

Progressives got shellacked. Will Philly Dems double-down on democratic socialism—or finally embrace being a governing party?