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Mayor Mamdani Hits a Serious Snag on His Plans for NYC's Socialist Utopia

All the big political decisions in City Hall that will affect Bristol happening this autumn

This autumn decisions are expected in City Hall that will affect thousands of people across Bristol from libraries and parks to roads and construction.

7/22/26: SF Politics 101: Fun Crash Course on City Chaos + History (SPUR) - FREE

​Why are San Francisco politics so chaotic and confusing? ​Find out with SF Politics 101 by Joel Engardio. Learn what makes our city tick and unpack its million shades of democrati...

Who Speaks for East L.A.?

The country's most populated unincorporated community has 120,000 people yet no mayor, city council or local representation. It's not for a lack of trying The post Who Speaks for E...

Menin and Mamdani policy fights highlight NYC speaker’s ambition

Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin are at odds on key policies. Menin is staking out positions seemingly to the left of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. [ more › ]

The turf wars between politicians and bureaucrats in Tokyo

The battle between politics and bureaucracy is by no means a recent development.

Jackson County Palace Intrigue Forever?!?

Two things we want to share for context regarding recent local, legal power moves . .  . Let's start with context from our politico friends and something genius sent our way . . .T...

News Analysis: A Newly Muscular City Council Kills the Good Vibes on Grove Street

Money troubles are famous for driving good marriages onto the rocks. Happy partnerships descend into acrimony when faced with unpaid bills and insufficient income to pay them.  Suc...

A vacant lot near City Hall will become an art park. Why are some people objecting?

Residents, unions, politicians and nonprofits have tussled over the future of a two-acre plot of prime real estate in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

A people’s guide to the ‘Commie Corridor’ of Brooklyn and Queens

The stronghold of young, leftist and college-educated voters fueled Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rise. [ more › ]

The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin

The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin Christine McLaren Tue, 09/08/2026 - 05:00 8 minutes

Urban living: 'Messy city' can be in the eye of the beholder

Civic improvements often emerge from unplanned urban activity

The people who live in cities must have a say in how they are shaped: Notes from the Common City Conference

Urban growth in Africa comes with falls on the poorest residents: forced evictions, informal settlements razed for redevelopment projects, with no consultation of the people who li...

Mayor Magic

We look at how some mayors have managed to hold onto voter trust, and what national leaders could learn from their success.

A Democratic Power Grab in Brooklyn

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is forging ahead with committee expansion plans despite stiff opposition from reformers and party leaders.

Politics And The Markets 08/11/26

The Last Mayor of Houston

On his second Saturday as the 63rd mayor of Houston, former state Senator John Whitmire drove to Yale Street Grill, a no-frills diner in the Heights neighborhood, to rendezvous wit...

Iconic city or ‘slum by the sea’? Santa Monica needs help, stat

Santa Monica needs a turnaround, and stat. Police presence alone won’t fix years of decline caused in part by a permissive, radical and at times looney-tunes City Council.

Enjoy Kansas City Royals Downtown Stadium Performance Art

And here's what most locals don't know and what newsies can't really mention . . .Council dude Duncan and Mayor Q are connected by way of family ties so we don't really buy the rec...

The City That Chose Beauty Over Billboards

“There used to be a massive block of concrete here, there was an advertising column, it wasn’t so beautiful,” says Gilles Namur, waving his hand along the length of Cours Lafontain...

Politics And The Markets 08/30/26

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Op-Ed: Amid Budget Woes, Let’s Participate in Our Democracy — Even if We Don’t Have All the Answers

Now that I have claimed a chair in my new city’s municipal government, it is time to shrink the budget deficit. By “claimed a chair,” I don’t mean that I won a seat on a school boa...

Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy

And it's backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city.