Black Female Mayors Are Shaping Our Cities—A Review of “Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors”

June 25, 2024.Reading time 27 minutes.

Sharon D. Wright Austin, ed. Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Sarena Martinez Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors, edited by political scientist professor Sharon D. Wright Austin, is a trailblazing volume that draws together twenty-two […]

Visions and Realities — A Review of “New York, New York, New York”

August 17, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Dyja, Thomas. New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2021. Reviewed by Bob Carey To get at what Thomas Dyja is after in his new book, begin with the epilogue. Having drawn us into a lengthy but spirited chronicle which begins in the seventies […]

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Black Female Mayors Are Shaping Our Cities—A Review of “Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors”

Visions and Realities — A Review of “New York, New York, New York”