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Working ConditionsMarch 27, 2020
If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works
Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.
Ross Barkan
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Campaigns and ElectionsMarch 17, 2020
How to Canvass During a Pandemic
Progressive insurgents are reimagining their campaigns thanks to the coronavirus.
Ross Barkan
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Public SchoolsMarch 15, 2020
‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’
Why teachers, principals, and politicians pushed New York’s mayor to shut down the country’s largest school system.
Ross Barkan
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The LeftJanuary 30, 2020
Why American Socialism Failed—and How It Could Prevail Today
Today’s socialists march into the 2020s without the daunting roadblocks of a century ago.
Ross Barkan
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Journalists and JournalismJanuary 23, 2020
Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us
A former political candidate reflects on how the opposition research sausage gets made.
Ross Barkan
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State and Local ElectionsOctober 11, 2019
The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress
Rubén Díaz Sr. is a socially conservative City Council member whose district neighbors AOC’s. In a crowded Democratic primary, he may just win.
Ross Barkan
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Criminal JusticeAugust 7, 2019
What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens
“Four years from now there’s going to be a movement of people who are hungry for real, transformative criminal justice reform.”
Ross Barkan
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Criminal JusticeAugust 1, 2019
A Progressive Prosecutor Sets Her Sights on Upstate New York
Shani Curry Mitchell is challenging her Republican ex-boss in Monroe County’s next district attorney race.
Ross Barkan
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Criminal JusticeJuly 31, 2019
The Queens District Attorney Race Goes to Court
The runoff between Tiffany Cabán and Melinda Katz isn’t over until the courts decide it is.
Ross Barkan
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Criminal JusticeJuly 11, 2019
The Truth About the Queens DA Recount
While leftists in Queens have come very far in a year, they still haven’t seized every rein of power.
Ross Barkan