The New York Review of Books·2026-10-23 20:00· 12 d agoFeaturedRecommendation92.08

The Renters Take Providence

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On September 9 the incumbent mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Brett Smiley, lost his reelection bid to a twenty-seven-year-old democratic socialist named David Morales. It was the first time an incumbent mayor failed to win his party’s primary in the city’s history, and the latest in a wave of progressive victories over establishment Democrats that […]

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