Cities

Gonzalez for Mayor Gonzalez for Mayor

Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco's Green candidate for mayor, is trying to put an end to the forty-year grip the Democrats have held over the city's electoral politics and become the...

Dec 5, 2003 / Feature / Kevin McCarthy

New York State of Mind New York State of Mind

After two elegantly written, consistently engaging, critically praised, ambitious if not entirely satisfying novels, the prodigiously gifted Colson Whitehead has given the read...

Nov 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Phillip Lopate

A Light in the Fog A Light in the Fog

Seattle is curbing greenhouse gases through more efficient power consumption.

Jun 26, 2003 / Feature / Alec Appelbaum

Building Cities for Peace Building Cities for Peace

How an antiwar initiative is turning into a way to strengthen democracy.

Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Left Coast Notes Left Coast Notes

Almost a thousand boisterous supporters--most of them unionized Latino service workers--showed up on March 4 at the vote-counting and subsequent victory party for new City Counci...

Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper

How the Other Half Still Lives How the Other Half Still Lives

In the shadow of wealth, New York's poor increase.

Feb 27, 2003 / Feature / Jack Newfield

Left Coast Notes Left Coast Notes

After nearly two years' absence from politics, Southern California's most popular progressive politician, Antonio Villaraigosa, is back on the stump.

Feb 12, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper

New York, New York New York, New York

The economy of New York City still reels from the attack on September 11, to which has been added the economic effect of global recession and Wall Street's sharp decline.

Dec 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Mary Campbell Gallagher

Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Now?

Judgment Day is everyday with Mike Davis.

Dec 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay

A New New Deal? A New New Deal?

The same week that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his plans to close eight city firehouses, Mike Wallace, John Jay College professor and bard of New York, held a ...

Dec 12, 2002 / Kim Phillips-Fein

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