An embattled Karen Bass is fighting tooth and nail to keep her mayorship in LA. It might be too late

With affordability a major election issue, the incumbent is trying to ward off her democratic socialist challengerAt the end of 2022, the four largest US cities – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston – all had Black mayors. It was a historic alignment made possible by the aftereffects of the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement and the unprecedented wave of protests following the killing of George Floyd in…