Voice: Larry Platt

Butko is in, Williams is mulling, and there are other rumblings. Will we have a much-needed debate about Philly’s future in a competitive mayor’s race next year?

Author Anand Giridharadas discusses his provocative new book, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

The bestselling author will talk about repairing race relations at The Citizen’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival on the 30th

The much-anticipated blue wave turned out to be a ripple, but local philanthropist, investor and civic entrepreneur Richard Vague might have the answer for our divided times. It starts with listening

What David Adelman’s new Holocaust Memorial can tell us about last week’s horrors in Pittsburgh

Chuck Mingo, a Philly native and pastor of an evangelical Cincinnati megachurch, on the groundbreaking program he’ll discuss at November’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival

New York is the only big American city that has cut its poverty rate. Mayor Bloomberg’s former anti-poverty czar talks about making it happen by taking risks

The mayor has increased the spending of your taxpayer dollars by a whopping 17 percent since taking office. What is our return on that investment?

When it comes to poverty, Philly remains in last place. So why does the Mayor sound like he’s satisfied?

The district attorney is at the forefront of a social justice movement among prosecutors. He may want to consider adding some humility to his game