America’s Black Mayors Promise Change, but Don’t Go Far Enough

Despite marching and renaming streets in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, most resist the movement’s progressive proposals to address police violence, instead opting for centrist measures that do little

Vanna Maples
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9 min readAug 17, 2020

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From left: Mayors Keisha Bottoms, London Breed, Michael Hancock, Lori Lightfoot. Photos: Paras Griffin, Jonathan Daniel, Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images

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Vanna Maples
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I’ve worked at Vice, The Nation, and The New York Times. Queens resident and reformed backpacker.