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Jess Coleman is an attorney and former candidate for New York City Council.
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September 23, 2025
Jess Coleman
How a Housing Skirmish in NYC Revealed a Secret Truth About NIMBYism
Opponents of new housing are well known for weaponizing procedure to thwart development. But when the democratic system doesn’t benefit them, the knives come out.
May 16, 2025
Jess Coleman
New York Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Biggest Policy Success
The fight over congestion pricing in New York City illuminates the party’s struggle to define and defend a positive vision.
March 6, 2024
Jess Coleman
The Naïve Pundits Enabling the Supreme Court’s Big Con
The widely held belief that the high court occupies a special place in the Constitutional firmanent is out of joint with that body’s increasingly ignominious decisions.
September 11, 2023
Jess Coleman
The Media Is Deluded About the Trump “Indictment Effect”
The former president’s legal entanglements aren’t his superpower. He’s taken a commanding lead in the primary because he faces weak opponents from a feckless political party.
August 18, 2023
Jess Coleman
Joe Manchin’s Extremely Annoying Political Strategy Is Backfiring
The West Virginia senator may live to regret not doing more to support his party’s most popular ideas.
July 28, 2023
Jess Coleman
The Radical Makeover of the Israeli Supreme Court Has Nothing to Do With Democracy
The hard-liners pushing for change may sound like our own liberal reformers, but their aim is a power grab.
October 7, 2022
Jess Coleman
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Deft Legal Reasoning Collides With Political Reality
The rave reviews that the newest Supreme Court justice received on her debut were well deserved, but they’ve created a set of outsize expectations that she can never fulfill.
July 8, 2022
Jess Coleman
To Defend the Future of Reproductive Rights, Democrats Must Look to the Past
For years, Roe kept a reluctant party unified on abortion. Now that it’s gone, liberals must reclaim the core principles of Justice Harry Blackmun’s ruling.
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