Philip Bump: “For the first time in American history, the mayors of the five largest cities in the country are not White men. Four — the mayors of the four largest cities — are Black. If Paul Vallas, a White man, wins the April runoff to replace Lori Lightfoot, that pattern will be broken.”
The Country’s Largest Cities Have Black Mayors
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