Jim Carlton<\/a><\/p>\n | Photography by Gabriela Hasbun for WSJ <\/p>\n
OAKLAND, Calif.\u2014This once-booming port city endured an epic collapse in recent years: the loss of three big-league sports teams, a hemorrhaging police force, runaway crime and blight.<\/p>\n
Now, after recalling a mayor later indicted on federal corruption charges, Oakland appears to be turning the corner under her successor\u2014former congresswoman Barbara Lee, among America\u2019s best-known Democratic progressives.<\/p>\n
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