The race for mayor is a crowded field, including five former Philadelphia City Council members.

Former Lt. Gov. Mike Stack has a big base in Northeast Philadelphia and is joining a field of roughly a dozen candidates.

During a community listening session Tuesday night, residents said reparations, youth opportunities should be among top concerns for the next mayor.

The BBEx Network on Sunday brought together Black and brown professionals from across Philly to hear from some of the mayoral candidates directly.

In 1992 Bloom pleaded no contest to corrupting a minor, later saying he did so to reduce the teen’s “emotional stress.”

The Republican believes whoever wins the crowded Democratic primary may be vulnerable to a candidate from the other side of the aisle.

Philadelphia City Council’s first Asian American lawmaker, who grew up in Cobbs Creek, has never shied away from bucking the system.

Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Mt. Airy and Germantown is inviting mayoral candidates to their Saturday virtual prayer sessions to discuss gun violence and other issues.

Nutter would be allowed to run again because Philadelphia’s city charter only prohibits more than two consecutive terms.

Contenders for the city’s top job talk about encouraging development without displacement.

Unusual for campaigns, the color is connected with an important political movement — but none of the contenders mentioned it.

The closest comparable figure is probably Tom Knox, who lost to Nutter in the 2007 primary.

The 35-year-old Philadelphia native is not your run-of-the-mill Democrat.

All 17 seats are up for reelection.

SEPTA is a state agency, but its ridership is overwhelmingly from Philly. The city’s next mayor will need to step up its involvement, writes transit advocate Matt Sullivan.