Voice: Larry Platt
Ed Satell’s Latest $1 Million CEO Challenge
The veteran entrepreneur and founder of the Satell Institute is going all out to help nonprofits during Covid-19
By Larry PlattHooray! We’ve Disappeared The Frank Rizzo Statue…
… which helps precisely zero black lives today. Remember the civil rights-era admonition to keep our eyes on the prize?
By Larry PlattEthical Policing
The New Orleans Police Department has been remade thanks to an innovative peer intervention program. Can the Philly PD undergo a similar culture change?
By Larry PlattJust Another Socialist Revolutionary, Policy Nerd, Organizer…and Would-Be Pol
Catching up with Nikil Saval during the homestretch of his primary challenge to State Senator Larry Farnese
By Larry Platt$3,000 Covid-19 Forgivable Loans
A group of bold-face name Philly business leaders are funding loans to small businesses left out of PPP and, in the process, providing all of us with an object lesson
By Larry PlattThe Disappearing Generation — Thanking a World War II Veteran
Thousands of the Greatest Generation have died from Covid-19 this spring. This Memorial Day, we catch up with—and thank—a local 95-year-old World War II vet
By Larry PlattIs Now The Time to Go Softer On Public Corruption?
A ballot question amends the charter’s ban on political activity. Is there evidence that, left to their own devices, our political players will make good government choices?
By Larry PlattCan We Talk This Over?
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart released an alternative to Mayor Kenney’s revised tax-and-cut budget. Will City Council listen?
By Larry Platt35 Years Later…Healing?
The anniversary of MOVE should call for more than an apology. A forthcoming documentary points the way toward true reconciliation
By Larry PlattThe Incredible Shrinking Mayor
Compared to other cities, does Jim Kenney’s budget redo qualify as a plan for recovery?
By Larry Platt