The Windy City’s second-largest racial group will prove decisive in tomorrow’s election.
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Progressives vs. Corporatists in the Battle for Chicago
With the incumbent and the early front-runner out in Chicago’s mayoral race, the remaining combatants represent a contrast of styles.
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‘Hot Spot’ Cops Killed Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Hochul Wants More in New York.
The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Gov. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York—and wants to double it again.
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Altercation: Getting Real on Crime and Punishment
Republicans and New York’s ‘Democratic’ mayor demagogue on the issue, even as many real Democrats fail even to engage it.
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Democrats Don’t Have to Settle for Battling to a Draw
With stakes so high, challenging our Democratic establishment ‘extremists’ and cultural elites is a start.
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Fare or Free?
Fare evasion and stepped-up enforcement reignite the debate on fareless transit. If going fare-free is the answer, then the question is: Who pays?
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Democratic Criminal Justice Reformers Did Well on Election Day
The Republican plan to win the midterms on racist crime messaging failed miserably.
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How Democrats Mishandled Crime
The most effective issue for Republicans in this midterm is a result of Democratic elites failing to understand what their diverse base of working-class voters wants.
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Immigration Justice Ballot Measure Tests Massachusetts Progressivism
Question 4 would uphold a state law allowing undocumented residents to get driver’s licenses. Supporters are pitching it as a public-safety measure.
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Republicans Have a Symbiotic Relationship With Crime
You can’t whip up a hysterical meltdown about crime without lots of crime happening.
