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Philly will vote for nominees for mayor, City Council seats, state and city judges, and more in 2023. Here’s how to register and vote in the May 16 primary election.

Students from schools such as Constitution High School, Central High School, and Lincoln High School presented presentations on current policy.

We want to know what might make voting easier for you in the 2023 local elections for mayor and city council.

WHYY News, Committee of 70, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia co-hosted the City Council At-Large Candidate Convention.

Mayoral candidates say they want to use the arts to address civic problems. Some even see it as an important part of anti-violence work.

The second annual March Against Gun Violence, hosted by Beloved Care, Imani Star Development, and Forget Me Knot, amplified the work of young Philadelphians. Poets, speakers, and civic leaders encouraged young people to get involved, including sending letters to area lawmakers.

Theater artist Gabriela Sanchez will lead the city’s arts granting organization, and wants the next mayor to value the power of the arts.

Part spiritual teachers, part practical helpers, death doulas help people plan for their final moments, advocate for them in hospitals, and sometimes sit with them as they draw their last breaths.

After over five decades on the air in Philadelphia, “BP with the GM” is retiring from the airwaves. A podcast is in his future.

In 2003, former Brown University president Ruth Simmons appointed a committee to investigate the school’s historical ties to slavery.