SCOUT· 39%49m·2026-11-05·News PoliticsAcross the U.S., Democrats Are Rejoicing. In Brooklyn, They're Fighting.
In New York, the competition is famously brutal. Even if you get to the top, you have to fight to stay there. In this episode, Sarah Koenig looks at two battles for control: one, on a small college campus; the other, inside the city’s biggest political party.
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