Voice: Larry Platt
Are Our Kids Not Learning Good?
Budget cuts. School closures. Structural deficit. Scant academic progress. Spin from District headquarters. Larry Platt asks: Is Superintendent Watlington up to being a transformational leader?
By Larry Platt Don’t Look Now … But Philly is Safe
How the hell did that happen? And why is the mayor not taking more credit for it? The anatomy of a stunning turnaround
By Larry Platt Snow, a Mayor’s Kryptonite
It's been 11 days since snowmageddon. How's Cherelle Parker doing?
By Larry Platt Are You There, Constitution Center? It’s Me, a Citizen
Jeffrey Rosen is out. Now, the NCC must decide if it will remain a genteel place of scholarship or become the antidote to the threat to democracy
By Larry Platt
Progressives cheered, but the Sheriff’s viral press conference about Trump and ICE was a spectacle Philly can ill afford on the national stage right now
By Larry Platt Whose 250th Is This Anyway?
The nation was birthed in Philly, and we do have some great parties — and soccer! — planned. But, as democracy teeters, are we really owning the semiquincentennial?
By Larry Platt
An Ask From Some Higher Powers
Citizen Media Group CEO/President on why what we do matters now more than ever — and how you can keep us going.
By Larry Platt Amy Gutmann’s American Story
Last week at the Weitzman Museum of Jewish History, the former Penn president and US Ambassador to Germany reminded us what it takes to repair the breach
By Larry Platt Hello? Board Leadership? Are you There?
The Art Museum sacking of Sasha Suda is the latest story to raise questions about nonprofit governance in Philly.
By Larry Platt New Media for a New Philadelphia Age
The Citizen just bought storied Philadelphia magazine. Here’s why
By Larry Platt