November 23rd, 2012

The Weekly Good: Cory Booker On Public Service, Twitter, And…Burning Buildings

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…Newark, New Jersey Mayor, Cory Booker. You might have heard a story or two about the United States’ most famous mayor, be it from our own Disrupt conference, BuzzFeed, Twitter and pretty much… → Read More

September 10th, 2012

Cory Booker: The Power Of The People Is More Important Than People In Power

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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 in San Francisco. We all know him as the Mayor who has taken Twitter by storm, and also the fellow who has no problem jumping into burning buildings to save people. I’m not kidding. → Read More

June 29th, 2007

Philly Mayor Left iPhone Line After Being Asked About City's Crime Rate

The mayor of Philiadelphia was waiting in line for an iPhone when an unnamed man asked him, “How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?” Ouch. (And how very John Kerry of him.) The mayor then left the line, tail between his legs and all. The moral of the story? If you’re the mayor of a major American city, maybe, *maybe* you would do well to send an intern to… → Read More