Michael Arney
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Arney
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Politics
New York redistricting results: Gerrymandering, confusion, lower primary turnout
June 2, 2022Countering crooked Republican redistricting nationally, New York Democrats do some gerrymandering of their own. What’s needed is truly independent redistricting.
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Politics
New York State bail reform and public opinion headed in wrong direction
April 20, 2022Progressives are being out-hustled. We must reach more voters with the truth in ways that will persuade them back to where they were merely three years ago.
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Labor
Labor History: A brief history of the NYS Working Families Party
January 31, 2022Every movement for social change experiences major and minor disruptions, internal differences on certain issues, and changes in membership.
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Politics
Working Families Party director, Sochie Nnaemaka, says her party gives voters a real choice
November 30, 2021She supports the rank choice voting system adopted in New York for the primaries, saying the system allows people to more fully vote their values.
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News
India Walton loses bitter Buffalo race but progress in Rochester and Syracuse
November 8, 2021Buffalo's mayoralty race was seen as a setback for state progressives.
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News
Progressives gain in NYC but lose on Long Island
November 8, 2021Pro-labor candidates win in New York City but Trump Republicans win in. some suburbs
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Opinion
Holy wars against vaccines and science
October 13, 2021For decades, vaccine objections did not overlap with politics. Now, in a much more polarized America, Republicans are far more likely to skip the coronavirus vaccine.
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Politics
Blacker, browner, and bluer: New York State municipal elections
September 21, 2021Primary victories are akin to November success, so the shades of this fall’s final votes are already coming into view.
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