Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess
The governor’s position on health care spending looked starkly different a couple of months ago.
Mar 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Ross Barkan
If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works
Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.
Mar 27, 2020 / Ross Barkan
How to Canvass During a Pandemic How to Canvass During a Pandemic
Progressive insurgents are reimagining their campaigns thanks to the coronavirus.
Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Ross Barkan
‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’ ‘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.
Mar 15, 2020 / no-paywall / Ross Barkan
Why American Socialism Failed—and How It Could Prevail Today 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.
Jan 30, 2020 / Ross Barkan
Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us
A former political candidate reflects on how the opposition research sausage gets made.
Jan 23, 2020 / Column / Ross Barkan
The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress 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.
Oct 11, 2019 / Ross Barkan
What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens 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.”
Aug 7, 2019 / Ross Barkan
A Progressive Prosecutor Sets Her Sights on Upstate New York 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.
Aug 1, 2019 / Ross Barkan
The Queens District Attorney Race Goes to Court 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.
Jul 31, 2019 / Ross Barkan