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November 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Rudy Giuliani Suggests Doing the One Thing Literally No One Asked For
This might be Rudy Giuliani’s dumbest idea yet.
October 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Eric Adams’s Latest Legal Move Shows He’s Getting Desperate
The New York City mayor’s lawyer has requested the fraud case be thrown out.
September 26, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the Rails
Adams’s was brutally dragged by hecklers during his press conference.
September 13, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ohio Mayor Trashes Trump’s Xenophobic Migrant Conspiracy
Mayor Rob Rue had a brutal response to Donald Trump’s racist conspiracy theory.
June 14, 2024
Edith Olmsted
New York Inches Closer to Police State with Bonkers Proposed Rule
The governor and New York City mayor are mulling banning face masks in the subway.
June 13, 2024
Ben Metzner
Milwaukee Mayor Hilariously Shreds Trump for “Horrible City” Comment
Cavalier Johnson had some choice words for Donald Trump.
January 23, 2023
Prem Thakker
Who Is Brandon Johnson? More on the Chicago Mayoral Challenger With a History in Organizing
Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson says Chicago deserves a progressive mayor “willing to invest in people.”
June 8, 2022
Alex Shephard
Rick Caruso’s Stealth Republican Campaign
The Los Angeles mayoral front-runner was a member of the GOP until recently and is winning based on wild promises to sweep the city’s problems under the rug.
August 24, 2017
Michael Stein
Democrats Deserve Better Than Mitch Landrieu
When will we stop mistaking sweet-talking middle men for bold moral leaders?
August 11, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
The Rob Ford crack-smoking video is finally here.
May 9, 2016
Parveen Akhtar
British Dream Now a Reality, as London Elects Its First Muslim Mayor
Sadiq Khan's election shows that social mobility is still possible in the West.
October 30, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Boston Strong: Remembering Mayor Thomas Menino
November 6, 2013
Marc Tracy
Did Becoming the Favorite Change Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio?
August 29, 2013
Marc Tracy
Not Like Mike
Bill de Blasio's surge is all about inequality
July 19, 2013
Marc Tracy
Why the Hipster Vote Is Meaningless In New York City
June 13, 2013
Marc Tracy
Anthony Weiner Rises as His Media Mob Declines
November 5, 2009
Jason Zengerle
Did Hillary's Election Strategy Work Two Years Too Late?
November 4, 2009
John Austin
Feds Pony Up Toward Great Lakes Water ‘Magic’
November 4, 2009
The New Republic Staff
'Mayor Mumbles' Wins The Race
November 4, 2009
Jason Zengerle
Chapel Hill's Just Trying to Keep Up With Its Neighbor

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