Topic: Kendra Brooks

Governing Makes a Comeback
Council’s passage last week of modest business tax cuts was more than a rebuke of progressives. It also might suggest that reasonableness is trending again
By Larry Platt
Do We Need a Wealth Tax?
Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, Helen Gym and Jamie Gauthier, with an assist from Senator Elizabeth Warren, have proposed a drastic taxing of the rich in Philly. But are they unwittingly harming the middle class?
By Larry Platt
“It’s Just About Doing the Right Thing”
Philly’s Democratic Socialists tried to upend the appointment of democracy-saving Republican Seth Bluestein to city commissioner. But two local pols demonstrated the real progressive ideals we need from our leaders.
By Larry Platt
The Fix: Let The Sun Shine
The indictment of Councilman Kenyatta Johnson is just the latest example of Philly’s most pressing political problem: Transactionalism
By Larry Platt
Reformer vs. Progressive
Recent revelations illustrate Philly’s real political divide. Here’s why it matters.
By Larry Platt
Does City Hall Have An Actual Plan?
City Council and Mayor Kenney began their new terms this week. WURD’s afternoon host wonders if that will matter at all for Philadelphians
By Charles D. Ellison
How We Voted
Philly 3.0's engagement director with a fine-grained look at how citywide voting coalitions made a difference in 2019
By Jon Geeting
Reality Check: Just Another Day in Philly
Low turnout, broken machine politics, an invisible mayor and other unimpressive takeaways from the city’s general election
By Charles D. Ellison