Voice: Larry Platt
Larry Krasner’s Inconvenient Truth
It’s nearly three years in. Is there any data to suggest the progressive experiment of D.A. Larry Krasner is or is not working?
By Larry PlattWhat Would Dyson Say?
Catching up with bestselling author, professor, preacher and public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson, whose much-anticipated forthcoming book provides a roadmap from racial reckoning to reconciliation
By Larry PlattDid LeBron Choke?
Missing from the NBA players’ historic wildcat strike last month was a call for bold action on economic justice. If only they’d heard of Philly nonprofit B Lab
By Larry PlattWhat Failed Leadership Looks Like
In an email exchange between Council President Clarke and a constituent, not even a murder epidemic can prompt an empathetic response. This is your tax dollars at work?
By Larry PlattConversations With RBG
Revisiting a conversation with National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen, whose year-old book on Ruth Bader Ginsburg doubles down on civility and reason
By Larry Platt55 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 Platt