Cities

MUD-Wrestling in California MUD-Wrestling in California

San Franciscans will vote on whether to create a public power company.

Oct 25, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

Never Shut Up, New York Never Shut Up, New York

Al Giordano is currently a free-speech defendant in the New York State Supreme Court [see Mark Schapiro, "Drug War on Trial," September 17, 2001].

Oct 25, 2001 / Feature / Al Giordano

Can Mark Green Heal NYC? Can Mark Green Heal NYC?

New York's Democratic mayoral primary revealed the city's racial fault lines.

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Jack Newfield

Operation Enduring Protest Operation Enduring Protest

Liza Featherstone will be reporting periodically on the antiwar movement for The Nation. This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series, sponsored ...

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

NYC’s Mayoral Muddle NYC’s Mayoral Muddle

In our August 20 issue we endorsed Mark Green, a lifelong liberal who has been running as a liberal centrist, for mayor of New York City. Two weeks before a runoff election aga...

Oct 4, 2001 / Michael Tomasky

The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity

The brother of the Sultan of Brunei Set out to see how much a guy could buy, And fifteen billion's what he finally spent Before the sultan voiced some discontent. The guilt o...

Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Mark Green for Mayor Mark Green for Mayor

He is the most promising candidate progressives can look to for leadership.

Aug 9, 2001 / The Editors

Homeless in San José Homeless in San José

Under pressure from activists, the city agreed to assist its poorest residents.

Aug 9, 2001 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

The People’s Power The People’s Power

Act I We're on the edge of the twentieth century and Mayor James Phelan of San Francisco concludes that without abundant water and electrical power San Francisco is stymie...

Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Not This Time in LA Not This Time in LA

Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. And for much of the spring it seemed possible that America's second-largest city would elect as its mayor a progressive Latino who ...

Jun 7, 2001 / John Nichols

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