Voice: Larry Platt
The Working Families Party Distraction
Are we really supposed to believe that the impediment to progress in the city has been … two Republican at-large members of Council?
By Larry PlattIs there a difference between Jim Kenney and Donald Trump?
The mayor’s vendetta against Philly Mag is just the latest in a disturbing series of similarities
By Larry PlattDeconstructing Meek Mill
The case against him may be over, but Amazon’s Free Meek docuseries raises serious systemic questions—and a reconsideration of the rapper
By Larry PlattRevenge of the Amateurs
DA Krasner. NJ Governor Murphy. Pres. Trump … Just how are politicians who have never done politics working out for us?
By Larry PlattThe Hardest Job In Philly?
The resignation of Richard Ross highlights a department in dire need of culture change
By Larry PlattBullets Fly While Larry Krasner Attacks…Josh Shapiro?
The DA’s Trump-like pugilism makes you wonder just who he can get along with in order to make Philly safer
By Larry PlattThe Non-Debate Debate
Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate was really a scripted performance, particularly when it came to Booker, Biden and criminal justice reform.
By Larry PlattRunning Into The Fire
Honorary Philadelphian Billie Jean King—whose Freedoms play the New York Empire in the World Team Tennis semifinals tonight—on how simple citizenship led her to change America
By Larry PlattSaving Capitalism From Itself
Philly Congressman Brendan Boyle has signed onto Elizabeth Warren’s plan to make capitalism accountable again
By Larry PlattHahnemann Hypocrisy
Despite the rhetoric of Mayor Kenney, Helen Gym, and Bernie Sanders, the hospital’s fiscal woes are not new. What did they know and when did they know it?
By Larry Platt