The WFP won. That’s why it could go extinct.
On a balmy night in September, Maurice Mitchell, the new national director of the Working Families Party, introduced a leading presidential contender to thousands of her delirious supporters.
He fetishized the military but the generals have had it with feckless, reckless Trump
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanDonald Trump, like all strongmen, fetishizes military might. He dreams of parading armies down the streets of Washington. He exalts men with weapons the way football fans deify their favorite quarterbacks.
Trump’s treatment of the Dunn family was reality TV spectacle at its most heartless
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanWhen the grieving parents of Harry Dunn arrived from the UK at the White House, they never expected to meet Donald Trump. Their only hope was to get justice for their son, a British teen killed by a reckless American diplomatic wife driving a car.
The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanThe New York City congressional delegation is having a moment. Its newest member, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, became a movement leader before her 30th birthday. Hakeem Jeffries, a high-ranking Brooklyn Democrat, could someday replace Nancy Pelosi if he whips the votes together. Jerry Nadler and Eliot Engel, of Manhattan and the Bronx, chair two of the House’s most powerful committees, judiciary and foreign affairs.
The Vanishing
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanDonald Trump wants to get rid of homeless people. We have people living in our . . . best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to buildings . . . where people in those buildings pay tremendous taxes, where they went to those locations because of the prestige,” Trump complained during a fundraising trip to California, where homelessness has skyrocketed over the last several years.
Sunset Park Residents Clash With Menchaca On Industry City Rezoning
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanSunset Park activists and neighborhood residents rallied on Monday to urge their local councilmember to reject a proposed rezoning of the Industry City waterfront complex, warning of rapid gentrification and widescale displacement if powerful real estate players get their way.
En Ef Fail
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanWhen Andrew Luck jogged off the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the final time, the Colts fans booed. Through their smartphones the news had arrived that their franchise quarterback, a former number one overall pick, was retiring from the NFL at the age of twenty-nine.
Pence’s stay at Trump’s Irish hotel shows corruption has become routine
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanThe danger of the Donald Trump presidency lies in how he can make the morally and ethically repugnant seem routine. The outrages pile up – the shredding of environmental regulations, the enabling of white supremacists – and Americans, used to a new normal, shrug and go about their day.
Cuomo’s Push To Ban Fusion Voting Could Violate State Constitution
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanLast week, the New York State Public Campaign Financing Commission held its first meeting. The commission has what should be a relatively straightforward task: making recommendations for a statewide system of publicly financed elections, similar to what already has been implemented for New York City campaigns.
Call Lynch on his dare: What if cops actually slow work in the wake of Daniel Pantaleo’s firing?
/in Journalism /by Ross BarkanPatrick Lynch, raving from your TV, is a New York institution. The president of Police Benevolent Association, with his slick helmet of hair, believes any attempt to criticize or discipline a police officer, no matter how heinous their actions may be, amounts to treason. No mayor can pass a PBA loyalty test because no mayor has yet found fit to worship Lynch like a god.