In this post-election, post-World Series moment, the intersection of baseball and politics nearly a century ago is the subject of a lecture this week at the New York State Museum. University of Maryland historian Robert Chiles will speak Thursday in Albany with a talk titled “Babe Ruth Gets Political: Sports and Identity Politics in the Roaring Twenties.” Chiles, research associate in history with the state museum, is co-editor of “New York History” and the author of a book on Gov. Al Smith and the progressive era.
As a new president takes office, a new member of Congress from upstate New York, Democrat Josh Riley, is hoping to move beyond partisanship.
We speak with New York state Assemblywoman Latrice Walker. The Democrat has been in office since 2015, representing the 55th district — in Brooklyn.
Although Republicans didn’t break their losing streak in New York statewide elections in the midterms, they made big gains in races for Congress that...