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August 16, 2023
Edith Olmsted
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Says He’s Basically Like Gandhi
“I am Gandhi-like,” the mayor declared for some bizarre reason.
July 6, 2023
Prem Thakker
Eric Adams’s Staff Used Coffee to Create Fake Photo of Fallen Cop: Report
The mayor told the media about a cherished photo in his wallet, then made his staff create one to cover his tracks, according to The New York Times.
May 25, 2023
The Soapbox
Jasmine Liu
How to Save a Community College
The City University of New York has long exemplified the teeming possibilities of higher education. Now its devotees are fighting for its survival.
May 10, 2023
Tori Otten
In Speech Nine Days Late, NYC Mayor Refuses to Say Jordan Neely Was Killed
New York City Mayor Eric Adams finally managed to say something about Neely—and nothing about how he was killed.
April 5, 2023
The Soapbox
Alex Shephard
The Key Lesson for Democrats in This Week’s Elections
Tuesday’s twin victories of progressive Brandon Johnson in Chicago and liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin disprove the argument that Democrats need to embrace centrism.
December 5, 2022
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Celina Su
Representative Democracy Got Us Into This Mess. Participatory Democracy Can Get Us Out.
Fixing gerrymandering isn’t enough to build an equitable, multiracial society. We need dialogue.
January 11, 2022
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Molly Osberg
The Bronx Fire Is Eric Adams’s First Big Test After a Bumbling Start to His Mayorship
The New York City mayor’s sloganeering comes up against a reminder of the real city that he has to run.
January 7, 2022
The Soapbox
Molly Osberg
Why Should Chicago School Teachers Be Responsible for Making Life Normal Again?
Frontline workers, including teachers, are just supposed to carry on in spite of the government’s failure to manage the pandemic.
June 24, 2021
The Soapbox
Alex Shephard
Mainstream Reporters Are Parroting the Republicans’ Idiotic Talking Points About Crime
The GOP wants to convince America that socialist, defund-the-police Democrats are responsible for rising crime. Political journalists are already sold.
June 23, 2021
The Soapbox
Alex Pareene
Centrist Pundits’ Supposedly Savvy, Terribly Wrong Takes About the New York Mayoral Race
No, the results didn’t surprise “the left,” and no, they don’t support your arguments about elections everywhere else.
June 9, 2021
The Soapbox
Walter Shapiro
Are Democrats Done Fighting Big Money in Politics?
New York City has one of the most generous campaign finance programs in the country. So why are all the leading Democrats in the mayoral race relying on super PACs?
May 28, 2021
The Soapbox
Walter Shapiro
How Did New York City Politics Become So Boring?
The mayoral race used to be a reliably entertaining fight between outsize personalities and master operators. Now it’s a snooze fest.
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