Rodrigo Duterte, the former Mayor of Davao and Philippine President from 2016 to 2022, began his “war on drugs” virtually as soon as he was sworn into office in June 2016. By the end of his presidency, his campaign, which was largely modelled on his approach to illegal narcotics as May...
Rodrigo Duterte, the former Mayor of Davao and Philippine President from 2016 to 2022, began his “war on drugs” virtually as soon as he was sworn into office in June 2016. By the end of his presidency, his campaign, which was largely modelled on his approach to illegal narcotics as May...
This is the first comprehensive treatment of the complex phenomenon of African-American mayors in America's major urban centers. Offering a diverse portrait of leadership, conflict, and almost insurmountable obstacles, this volume assesses the political alliances that brought black mayors to office as ...
Consider migration: the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that nearly 60 million people have been displaced from their homes and about a third are officially categorized as refugees. While national governments struggle to decide whether, whom, and how many peop...
"I hope that the president is going to use the power of his office to really forge a solution," Lightfoot added. "But this fear mongering, and making immigrants scapegoats and really disrupting families who are just here trying to live their life, that's not who we are or should be as...
And now, in his last year in office, many eyes are now on the “Dean of America’s Mayors,” who has been front and center dealing with a great tragedy no mayor would want to befall their local community. During a Thursday morning news conference in Charleston, Riley praised his police...
According to the Lee's office, the mayor had initially considered asking Bloomberg to temporarily rename New York City as Jed York City, after the 49ers' president, before agreeing to the terms of the wager. The 49ers' thrilling 36-32 win over the New Orleans Saints last week already won ...
Franklin has had her critics during her two terms, particularly as she prepares to leave office. The patent medicine proposed by the mayor to address the city's burgeoning budget crisis – swinging cuts to the payroll, service cuts and a massive hike in property taxes – have alienated even ...
including those pertaining to law enforcement and service provision. He carries out the decisions of the elected council, who decide on ordinances and policy, and he, again, produces the city budget. He is thus not elected, but hired, and has no term of office, continuing in his or her ...
There is no evidence that Street himself was involved, though the FBI admitted to bugging his office during its investigations. The mayor’s nemesis on the council, Michael Nutter, is expected to run for mayor in 2007 on the Democrat ticket. Nutter himself has been implicated in a scandal ...