With a global platform, Mamdani can call attention to human rights abuses in his birth country, Uganda, particularly those against the musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
Eric Adams
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In Zohran Mamdani’s New York
Journalist Ross Barkan once ran for the New York statehouse with Mamdani as his campaign manager.
Posted inPolitics
New York City’s Long Winter of Discontent
New York City’s Long Winter of Discontent. Crime, corruption, and congestion are all part of a city where no one knows if the mayor may go to jail or Andrew Cuomo could return.
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The Democratic Panic in New York
Trump’s surges in the Bronx, and Long Island saw MAGA victories. Facing reelection, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul stand at the abyss. Here’s how Empire State liberals can get back on track.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
The Intriguing Role Public Financing of Campaigns Played in the Eric Adams Indictments
The Intriguing Role Public Financing of Campaigns Played in the Eric Adams Indictments/ NYC’s stringent accounting for publicly funded elections raised a very big red flag,
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Can Andrew Cuomo Really Make a Political Comeback?
It’s hard to imagine, given his pugilistic tenure as governor before resigning in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. But the recent settlement between the Justice Department and the current governor’s office shouldn’t be the decisive issue if he runs for New York City mayor.
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Will Paul Vallas Be the Next Mayor of Chicago?
Called a “compassionate mechanic,” the never-elected public servant is an unlikely top contender thanks to a tough-on-crime approach that says much about what voters want in America’s troubled post-pandemic cities.
Posted inPolitics
The Democratic Hunger Games
After a redistricting fiasco pits New York Democrats against each other, careers are lost, but the state looks the same.
Posted inApril/May/June 2022
The Art of the Pump
For many Americans, January 6, 2021—the day when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, the first breach on the sentinel of our democracy in centuries—is a troubling, trembling memory. But for a 30-year-old “political futures” trader from outside Philadelphia who goes by the online moniker “Zubbybadger,” it is that, and something else, too. For Zubby, January […]
