Articles by Cathy Stewart
Knives Come Out Against Reform at NYC CRC Hearing as Independents Rise
Last week in Staten Island, the NYC Charter Revision Commission held its next-to-last public hearing. As Commissioner Diane Savino commented, addressing NYC's closed primary system “is the single biggest issue we’ve heard this year.”...
30 Jun, 2025
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3 min read
Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border
Since the New Year, I have been reading a steady diet of memoirs. The genr...
11 Mar, 2019
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3 min read
REVIEW: “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back”
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is a journalist, author, and former medical practi...
06 Feb, 2019
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3 min read
REVIEW: "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back"
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is a journalist, author, and former medical practitioner. She was kind enoug...
06 Feb, 2019
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3 min read
A Review of "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back"
Elisabeth Rosenthal accomplishes the seemingly impossible: she’s created a digestible and oftentimes...
08 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
Politics for the People Book Club: 5 Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
I am writing from a spot nestled in the woods in Washington County in rural New York, listening to t...
05 Jul, 2018
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4 min read
Politics for the People Book Club: Independents Are Indeed Rising
This month, I invited Frank Fear to review the book,...
06 Jun, 2018
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6 min read
Politics for the People Book Club: The Secrets of Mary Bowser
Editor's note: this article was co-authored by Cathy Stewart (introduction) and Caroline Donnola (ma...
02 May, 2018
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4 min read
"Declaration of Independents": A Candidate's Scathing Indictment of Two-Party Duopoly
Independents and the political establishment are keeping a close eye on what is happening in Kansas ...
05 Apr, 2018
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4 min read