Nithya Raman won the mayoral race in Los Angeles on Thursday. She joins other democratic socialists who got elected to lead major American cities. These leaders focus on expanding public services like housing and health care. They also support taxing corporations and wealthy individuals to fund their broad policy platform goals.
Nithya Raman's win in Los Angeles adds to the list of major cities with democratic socialist leaders.
Nithya Raman won the mayoral race in Los Angeles on Thursday, joining the ranks of democratic socialists who have been elected to lead major American cities over the past year.
Once she takes office, the mayors in the two most populous American cities and the nation's capital will be members of the Democratic Socialists of America, a political group of dues-paying members organized around a broad policy platform.
A strong emphasis on expanding public services, such as housing, health care, child care, public transportation and infrastructure, and heavily taxing corporations and wealthy individuals ties together their positions.
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