Like other old blue collar cities of the Northeast and Midwest, New York City and its surrounding metropolitan area have faced some serious headwinds from deindustrialization, disinvestment, racial succession, white flight, social and cultural conflict, and many other adverse force. Like many...

Significant pessimism surrounds Black-Latino coalition building because of street-level conflict and political competition. An evolutionary view of coalitions at elite and mass levels shows that these prospects can change. This paper explores the evolution of a Black-Latino coalition in Los...