In early February, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass officially demoted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley over claims that she improperly managed the Los Angeles fires. In defending Bass, an anonymous advisor told Politico, “sometimes what’s good for the city is not what’s good politically.” As disputes between the two are now overwhelmingly public, the focus of […]
Tag: local government
The Sale of San Francisco’s Institutions
“The school boards are the key that picks the lock,” said former Trump advisor Steve Bannon in August of last year. Bannon, along with other vocal conservatives, has been avidly pushing for takeovers of local political institutions such as school boards—and they’re winning. The recall failure trend ended on February 15th, 2022, when San Francisco […]
Dog Overpopulation in New Mexico: A Symptom of Chronic Poverty
Notoriously overcrowded and underfunded, New Mexican animal shelters struggle every day to keep up with the number of strays and surrendered pets that come through their doors. Every year, these shelters act as the final destination for thousands of dogs. The pandemic has only worsened conditions inside the shelters –– in the past year, the […]
Why Do We Still Have States?
In America, we are made to believe that politics should be discussed in terms of states. Blue states and red states dominate our electoral maps, our Congress is filled with state representatives, and state elections are second only to national elections in terms of relevance to the average American. But states and state borders are […]