Larry Platt

City Life

Where Is the Constitution Center When We Need It?

Jeffrey Rosen is out. Now the institution must decide whether it will remain a quiet, genteel place of scholarship or actually take on the current threats to democracy.

City Life

There Was Only One Choice for Most Philly Athlete of All Time: Allen Iverson

The defiance. The swagger. The resilience. No one embodied Philadelphia more than AI.

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City Life

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

Our definitive ranking — let the debates begin.

City Life

Whose 250th Is This, Anyway?

As democracy teeters, are we really owning the Semiquincentennial?

The Philadelphia Citizen

Amy Gutmann’s American Story

Last week at the Weitzman Museum of Jewish History, the former Penn president and U.S. Ambassador to Germany reminded us what it takes to repair the breach.

City Life

New Media For a New Philadelphia Age

The nonprofit Philadelphia Citizen just bought Philadelphia magazine. Here’s why

City Life

The “Darth Vader of Journalism” Strikes Back

Larry Platt: Black & White and Dead All Over is as unimaginative as the industry it eulogizes.

City Life

Philadelphia has been run the same way for 100 years. Why can’t we change that?