Voice: Larry Platt

Philadelphia government is in love with pilot programs. With a $6.2 billion budget, how about making the tough decisions to deploy what works citywide?

Screw Giving Tuesday. We proclaim it Democracy Monday. Can you help us reach our $10,000 goal?

Campus protests over the Israel/Hamas war point to an opportunity for elite universities. Can Penn seize the moment?

The mayor-elect’s election night speech heralds new energy. Plus: Shapiro wasn’t on the ballot, but was a winner nonetheless

The school choice mega-billionaire is at it again, spending lavishly on judicial elections and City Council races. Cue the wringing of hands.

The ahead-of-his-time West Philadelphia native, music mogul, early tech investor and school voucher advocate will talk about what’s next for Philly kids on November 17

Hours of debate on an Israel/Hamas resolution? Doubling down on councilmanic prerogative? Here, some ideas for remaking Council into an actual governing body

Wealthy Jewish donors in revolt. Pro-Palestinian students shouting vile things. A university President embattled. Isn’t this just what the terrorists want?

Amid the handwringing over the Council campaigns of Working Families Party candidates Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke, few have asked them: What’s the political rationale for their insurgency?

Despite what the pro-Palestinian Rittenhouse Square protestors claim, the terror attack on Israel ought to prompt in us the moral clarity of 9/11 and Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine