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For a job the current incumbent seems eager to leave, the contest has drawn a remarkably diverse field of candidates—and no obvious front-runner.

Former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Wednesday endorsed Rebecca Rhynhart. No mayoral candidate in recent memory has been endorsed by three predecessors.

The bill says the director must be a “law enforcement professional” with at least five years’ experience as the head of an agency. City Council would need to approve the mayor's appointee.

The shape of Philadelphia's race for mayor has begun to clarify after last week, the most consequential of the campaign to date.

National Action Network’s Annual Convention will be held in New York City this week from April 12-15 at the Times Square Hotel. 

Columnist Julu Nwaezeapu encourages students to educate themselves on the carceral system in Philadelphia and to support prison reform groups. 

National Action Network’s Annual Convention will be held in New York City this week from April 12-15 at the Times Square Hotel. 

The Editorial Board of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the city's largest news organization, has endorsed former City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, who is also backed by two former mayors.

Cambridge, Mass.— Setti D. Warren, distinguished public leader, Iraq War veteran, and former two-term Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, has been named the next Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School, Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced today. 

Interim Harvard Institute of Politics Director Setti Warren Named to Permanent Role | News | The Harvard Crimson