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Bill de Blasio, Liberal and Proud (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Cities)

Why his campaign for NYC mayor has ignited the passion of New York’s progressives.

The Editors

It’s About Inequality: New York’s Class-Conscious Mayoral Race (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Cities, Politics)

For the first time in years, class politics are creeping back onto the New York campaign trail.

Matthew Arnold

WATCH: NYC Mayoral Forum (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Cities, Police and Law Enforcement)

Last week, eight candidates in New York City's upcoming mayoral election spoke on issues of policing and criminal justice at a forum co-sponsored by The Nation.

Francis Reynolds

The Creative Electoral Response (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Electoral Politics)

I refused to run a negative campaign for New York City Council, focusing instead on community and democratic empowerment.

Yetta Kurland

Mel Wymore Chooses People Over Politics (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Gender and Sexuality, Campaigns and Elections)

Meet the man who could be New York’s first transgender City Council member.

Lucy McKeon

Malcolm Suber: Good for New Orleans (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Cities, Politics)

A longtime activist, running in a special City Council election, is just what New Orleans needs.

Adolph Reed Jr.

Bloomberg's Bad Idea (City and County Level Campaigns and Elections, Political Figures, Voting, Politics)

Click here to help defeat Question 3.

The Editors

Blogs

Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver's Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?

John Nichols

What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make their case.

October 24, 2011

Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn't Evict OWS

John Nichols

There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor and economic justice party proposes to assure that doesn’t happen.

October 13, 2011

Rahm Redux: Top Banker for Obama Chief of Staff

The Notion

Bill Daley's appointment for White House chief of staff is another indication of Wall Street's sway over the Obama Administration.

January 5, 2011