Voice: Larry Platt

Just recovering from the shallowness of the primary season’s political advertising? You ain’t seen nothing yet

In his latest political commentary, Ken Smukler pays homage to Muhammad Ali and skewers presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

The city played a role in the making of the legend—and in the debate over the meaning of his legacy

Center City businessman and philanthropist Richard Vague continues to challenge economic orthodoxy. Now he’s got pensions in his sights—and, yes, it is a crisis

With Ori Feibush’s win over Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, is Councilmanic Prerogative on the ropes? One crusading attorney hopes so

Ken Smukler takes on Paul Ryan, Bernie’s death march, and Hillary's encounter with angry coal-miners

Can Tayyib Smith and Meegan Denenberg’s Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship economically empower a generation of Philadelphians?

Criticizing a local PAC for lack of transparency sounds like good government in action. In practice, it’s an endorsement of the status quo

Ed Snider’s passing prompts a look back to when Connie Smukler and a group of area housewives led the movement to save 1.5 million Soviet Jews

The Wall Street Journal revisits a 20-year-old street brawl between the perennial mayoral candidate-turned-documentarian and the Oracle of Omaha