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A look at how housing policy has been treated in the 2016 race finds attention—and some detail—on the Democratic side and little appetite for the topic among the GOP hopefuls.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Government Video

Brooklyn Gets Ready for its Presidential Close-Up

The candidate HQs are there. The debate is there. But what will shape the outcome of the April 19 primary in Brooklyn, elsewhere in the city and across the state?…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Government

Young Women of Color Weigh In on Campaign 2016

Analysis of the 2016 presidential race often falls back on demographics to explain who votes for whom. In video interviews, four New York City women make it clear it’s more…

ByLelosa Imasuen

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Government

History of Official Neglect Feeds Bronx Interest in Bernie

A raucous rally in a South Bronx park was, said many in the crowd, the first time in a long time that the city’s poorest borough has felt its political…

ByRoberta Nin Feliz 0Comments

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Mar 2016

Resources Uncategorized

NYS Primary is Coming: How To Volunteer

With Presidential Primary Election Day coming up in less than a month, it looks like New York’s contest might be more interesting than we’d have expected it to be this…

ByLelosa Imasuen 0Comments

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Mar 2016

Government Video

Video: Can the 2016 Race Feature Donald Trump … and Criminal Justice Reform?

Straight Up takes a sober look at whether the ballyhooed bi-partisan consensus on criminal justice reform will get a word in edgewise in a campaign increasingly dominated by The Donald.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2016

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De Blasio: It Doesn’t Matter What Hillary Said in Wall Street Speeches

The mayor told MSNBC that what the Democratic frontrunner promises in her platform is more important than what financial titans paid tens of thousands of dollars to hear her say…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2016

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Meet NYS’s Presidential Primary Delegates for Clinton and Sanders

The roster of delegates for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a who’s-who of office-holders and party elders. The lineup for Sen. Bernie Sanders? Eh, not so much.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Opinion

No Backspace:
Campaign 2016’s Distorted Poverty Debate

Democrats avoid talking about poverty. Republicans back policies premised on outdated ideas about the poor. And the media doesn’t take either side to task.