Elections
Secession is here: States, cities and the wealthy are already withdrawing from America
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view, another Civil War is inevitable…
Why your city needs to move its off-cycle elections to even years
In November, the city of Boulder, Colorado, passed a ballot measure to shift the city’s off-cycle elections to even years,…
How battleground cities in the US swing elections
Tuesday 8 November will see Americans head to the polls in the 2022 US midterms elections. Tensions are running high…
Mayor Ben Houchen and the “Houchenist” manifesto
In 1980 – less than a year into Margaret Thatcher’s time in No 10 – 17,000 Teesside steelworkers went on…
Will low-traffic neighbourhoods affect the UK’s local election results?
[caption id="attachment_14404" align="alignnone" width="1280"] A low-traffic road in the suburbs of London. (Photo by Josh Brown Photography/Shutterstock)[/caption] The Manchester inner-city…
UK metro mayors are all men – but women’s voices are needed for the best pandemic recovery
[caption id="attachment_14432" align="alignnone" width="1280"] England is overdue for a woman being voted in as a metro mayor. (Photo by SpeedKingz/Shutterstock)[/caption]…
Who even wants to run for mayor?
2020 has been a horrific year for just about everyone. But in the immortal words of Lyndon Baines Johnson, “things…
How Los Angeles County voters secured a budget for prison alternatives
[caption id="attachment_8861" align="alignnone" width="658"] Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore joins local faith leaders in a vigil for George Floyd…
The urban-rural divide only deepened in US election
The results of the 2020 US presidential election show a widening urban-rural divide in US politics, according to an analysis…
Uber and Lyft beat California’s gig-worker law, and they won’t stop there
[caption id="attachment_8562" align="alignnone" width="658"] Uber drivers in California will remain independent contractors with the passage of Proposition 22. (Photo by…