Harold Meyerson, Michael Gold
The American Prospect
New York’s new mayor-in-waiting is in some ways a throwback to an older era of urban politics. But the City Council is poised to be one of the most progressive in the city’s history, with a diversity that mirrors the city it represents.
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The Inuit Ataqatigiit party won 37% of the vote, with 29% for the ruling social-democratic Siumut party, according to official results reported by Reuters. At the center of Tuesday's election was the fate of a rare-earth and uranium mining project.
With the triumph of the far-right in Israel, the backing of “peace partners” in the Gulf, and no likely obstruction from the White House whoever its occupant, the Palestinians have become a non-issue.
Pro-democracy groups across the Philippine political spectrum joined forces and aimed to field a single opposition standard-bearer to challenge President Rodrigo Duterte’s anointed one in the 2022 presidential elections.
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