AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Sewer socialism is flowing through America's cities
America's cities are seeing a socialism surge, but it's not the post-Cold War boogeyman that schoolchildren were warned about. The big picture: It's called sewer socialism, and is the cornerstone for policies from New York's Zohran Mamdami , Seattle's Katie Wilson and Washington D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George . - Sewer socialism focuses on expanding government programs for the public good, like affordable housing, child care and public transportation. - The three Democratic socialists are among those seeking to reboot the movement pioneered by Milwaukee, Wisconsin politicians in the 1900s when they expanded sewage systems and built the first municipally sponsored public housing project in the U.S. Zoom in: Longtime…
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