Hard graft endangered

摘要

Jim Kenney, a progressive with union support and backing from black leaders, handily won the Democratic Party's nomination in Philadelphia's mayoral primary on May 19th. Because Democrats outnumber Republicans by seven to one, he will probably win the general election in November. Mr Kenney wants to raise the minimum wage, end stop-and-frisk police procedures and bring in universal pre-kin-dergarten-in short, do most of the things outlined recently by New York's Democratic mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his new agenda for the left. He has said he will build on the positives of Michael Nutter, a fellow Democrat who is stepping down because of term limits. Given Mr Kenney's politics, that will be quite a challenge.