Politics

Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon

"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city."

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV

Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz

"The media and pollsters don't focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights -- things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly th...

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video

Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin

"Water is my top 10 priorities. Or top 20"

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video

Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper

"The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of gr...

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video

Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak

"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video

Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown

"While presidential candidates are raising substantial amounts of money in cities, they are spending it in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ... It disproportionately puts the...

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV

Campaign in the City: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Campaign in the City: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson

"Republicans and Democrats alike, among mayors in this country, have been very, very upset and concerned about the disregard for cities by this administration."

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV

Campaign in the City: Mayors on the Issues Campaign in the City: Mayors on the Issues

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown in the fourth in a series of conversations on the issues at stake for America's cities in Campaign 08.

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV

Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King

The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.

Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Campaign in the City: LA Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa Campaign in the City: LA Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa

" The federal government talks a good game about homeland security. And yet cities, like Los Angeles, are constantly struggling to get the resources we need to provide that securit...

Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV

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