Metropolitics

Electoral Organizing During a Pandemic: Lessons from Wisconsin

Aaron Shapiro — 2021-01-12T06:00:00Z

The global Covid‑19 pandemic has radically altered social and political practices. Aaron Shapiro reflects on the impact the pandemic had on electoral organizing leading up to the 2020 general election in Wisconsin and how organizers responded.
2020 was a year and an election season like no other. Any campaign with Donald Trump on the ballot was sure to be unorthodox, but the pandemic radically altered every aspect of social life and left an indelible mark on electoral organizing. Voter

- From the Field / Wisconsin, United States, US election, presidential election, elections, vote, coronavirus, Covid-19, mobilization, pandemic, Working Families Party

The Ongoing Housing Crisis and the Rust Belt Revolt for the GOP

Elora Lee Raymond — 2017-01-13T06:10:00Z

In response to a tense post-election moment in the US, the Metropolitics editorial committee has initiated Rapid-Response Peer Review, with a commitment to quickly reviewing and publishing articles that examine organizing and activism around crucial urban issues. Our second call was for papers related to housing policy. Here, Elora Raymond deploys unique research on the location of underwater mortgages to suggest that housing, not jobs, may hold the key to reigniting progressive politics in the

- From the Field / housing, Rust Belt, crisis, housing crisis, Donald Trump, negative equity, underwater mortgage, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan