Voice: Larry Platt
55 Shots
Two dead in a Spring Garden playground is just the latest example of a murder epidemic overtaking the city. The mayor and City Council president will hold a press conference today … about Donald Trump
By Larry PlattI Want My Jubilee!
Center City venture capitalist and philanthropist Richard Vague has a stimulus plan that will boost the economy and address inequality. Will the political class listen?
By Larry PlattDoes Police Reform Include Better Policing?
A virtual panel discussion last week was full of talk of reform. But you wouldn’t have known we’re in the midst of a tragic murder epidemic
By Larry PlattAnswering Rodney
What last week's meeting between Black and Jewish leaders tells us, now that the local head of the NAACP has been jettisoned for an anti-Semitic posting
By Larry PlattThe Odd Couple
Does the unlikely friendship between Democratic Lt. Governor John Fetterman and his erstwhile Republican opponent Jeff Bartos model a way forward for PA politics?
By Larry PlattSave Restaurants, Save Philadelphia
The RESTAURANTS Act—co-sponsored by local Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick—would bail out an industry we all love. If it’s good enough for American Airlines, why are we not backstopping Ellen Yin’s Fork?
By Larry PlattWhy The Sixers Need Jay Wright
Our dysfunctional pro team’s problems have nothing to do with basketball
By Larry PlattSeriously? Now the Post Office is Dramatic?
Catching up with the Philly lawyer who used to chair the Postal Service’s board of governors. How did we get here?
By Larry PlattThe Mensch Postulate
How did Joe Biden become the antidote to Trumpism and coronavirus anxiety?
By Larry PlattWhere’s The Beef?
It’s great that Columbus and Rizzo statues are coming down and Lady Antebellum is now Lady A, but how about agitating for substantive systemic reform?
By Larry Platt