Voice: Larry Platt
How About an Open, Transparent Government Run By… You?
Feeling alienated from your government, at all levels? Maybe we should open it up and change our relationship to it
By Larry PlattCharlottesville Comes to the Capitol
A day after thugs waving confederate flags and wearing “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirts breached the Capitol, a talk with a Trump-supporting Republican state senator offers some hope
By Larry PlattJim Kenney’s New Year’s Resolutions
Here, advice for the mayor after the worst year ever. Hey, hope springs eternal, right?
By Larry PlattBill Hite, Reconsidered
Philadelphia’s schools superintendent has taken some hits lately. Does he have what it takes to manage—and tame—a $3.5 billion bureaucracy?
By Larry PlattJosh Shapiro’s Mic Drop
Catching up with the AG on his take-no-prisoners Supreme Court Brief that helped to expose the fraud that is Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud
By Larry PlattDr. Michael Eric Dyson Dropping Science
Join us next Tuesday to hear the best-selling author and inspirational orator hold forth on his new book, Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America, in a conversation with Citizen contributor Dr. James Peterson
By Larry PlattEt tu, Martina?
A year ago, she was the best hope for reform in Philly politics. But now Republican State Rep. Martina White has thrown her lot in with the crazies who deny the results of a free and fair election.
By Larry PlattThe Age of Denial, Philly-Style
How Councilwoman Helen Gym, Mayor Jim Kenney and even an Inky columnist are catching the allergy to reality
By Larry PlattThe New RFK?
The election results reveal the potential for a transformative new coalition—if Joe Biden and progressives have the guts to go there
By Larry Platt“I Call Them Momola and the Mensch”
Catching up with Delaware Rabbi Michael Beals, also known as “Joe Biden’s rabbi”
By Larry Platt