I think corporate power has been, you know, kind of put on a back step. The city that the Lidolfians want will be the city that other people want as well. A livability agenda focuses in on quality education, affordable housing, vibrant transit systems and city services. Those are the things that are fueling and anchoring people here.
Featuring Nikil Saval and Helen Gym on how the history of Philadelphia social movements brought Nikil into the state senate and has made Helen, a long-time public education organizer, a frontrunner in the mayoral race.
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