Nation’s New Mayors Revive Big-City Liberalism
Like all newly elected politicians, the class of mayors being sworn in as the year begins has made many grand promises.
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“It’s not news that there are Democrats being elected in major American cities,” says Dan McGrath, executive director of TakeAction Minnesota, a progressive social justice organization. “It is news that there’s a new brand of progressive Democrats being elected in these cities that are pushing a different agenda than we’ve seen in the past.”
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All mayors have to collaborate, says McGrath, the TakeAction Minnesota director. The question is whom they choose to collaborate with.
He notes that Betsy Hodges, the new mayor of Minneapolis, has made a point to engage with people of color and immigrants who are “not considered traditional power players in City Hall.
“I’m absolutely heartened by the fact that there’s a lot more talk about the problem of wealth inequality in our world,” McGrath says. “I’m even more heartened that there are elected leaders like Betsy not just paying it lip service but creating and aligning grassroots movements to make change.”
