A look at how housing policy has been treated in the 2016 race finds attention—and some detail—on the Democratic side and little appetite for the topic among the GOP hopefuls.
Analysis of the 2016 presidential race often falls back on demographics to explain who votes for whom. In video interviews, four New York City women make it clear it’s more complicated than that.
A raucous rally in a South Bronx park was, said many in the crowd, the first time in a long time that the city’s poorest borough has felt its political voice mattered in a presidential race.
Straight Up takes a sober look at whether the ballyhooed bi-partisan consensus on criminal justice reform will get a word in edgewise in a campaign increasingly dominated by The Donald.
The mayor told MSNBC that what the Democratic frontrunner promises in her platform is more important than what financial titans paid tens of thousands of dollars to hear her say behind closed doors.
Democrats avoid talking about poverty. Republicans back policies premised on outdated ideas about the poor. And the media doesn’t take either side to task.
That guy standing next to Hillary Clinton didn’t get to talk much, but did manage to convey that he places a high priority on urban policy—an oddity for a presidential contender.
You might decide to vote for one of them. You might make plans to leave the country if one of them wins. You might stop hemming and hawing and run for president yourself. No matter who you are, or how you vote, you’ve a reason to grab a seat, raise a glass and watch Tuesday’s GOP debate with City Limits.
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