Of the 30 candidates listed as vying for mayor in 2021, by our reckoning, only three can be taken as worthy contenders: Brooklyn BP Eric Adams, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Shaun Donovan, former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Director of the US Office of Management and Budget and Commissioner of the NYC Department […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark Greaves Biden’s AdministrationAn unintended consequence of the Trump presidency is bringing into focus how important presidential leadership and appointments are. In fulfilling his promise to have an administration reflective of the diversity of the nation, President-elect Joe Biden is surrounding himself with the proverbial “Best and the Brightest” from across […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves David DinkinsMayor David Dinkins was a gentleman. He was courtly avuncular and, like his mentor and compatriot Percy Sutton, always impeccably dressed. He was one of an extraordinary group of men, Basil Paterson, Percy Sutton and Charlie Rangel, the “Gang of Four,” who dominated Harlem politics for decades.I first met the […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark GreavesWhile the team of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will have much on their agenda, what should be on our agenda, is combatting the wave of suppression efforts today, and get ready for the tsunami of anti-voter efforts to come. The Republicans have tried everything they could […]readmore
Joe Biden is President Elect and Kamala Harris is Vice President-Elect, having won five million more in the popular vote than the other guy, but the electoral college made it a nail-biter. That’s going to be a problem for some time.Biden had been on a losing streak until Congressman Jim Clyburn’s endorsement in the South […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark Greaves As we go to press the counting of ballots continues in several states but mainly in Pennsylvania, where there are over a million absentee ballots from Philadelphia and surrounding areas to be counted, and which may decide the next President of the United States of America. Or maybe, in […]readmore
By David Mark GreavesI’ve never had such trepidation looking forward to a presidential election. There’s not only winning or losing. There’s almost winning or almost losing and the aftermath of fury that is possible. It is counting down the days between election and inauguration, with each day bringing new assaults on the system, leaving us […]readmore
View From Here By David Mark Greaves VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!There is no other message of any importance now. The only thing that can save us from being ruled by White supremacists and an elite who are satisfied with the masses having just enough for room and board while the profits of their production accrue to […]readmore
