Nikhil Kumar: One of the biggest obstacles for a long time to making good things happen in Philadelphia is, of course, the state of Pennsylvania and its politics. How does this struggle in Philadelphia relate to a larger project of transforming the state? Kumar: I'm here to say that I reject that interpretation. He says there's more room for local action to influence local actors than ever before.
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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