Mamdani’s strategically claimed blackness
When it might have given him a leg up at Columbia, he checked the ‘black’ box
When it might have given him a leg up at Columbia, he checked the ‘black’ box
The deregulation bill is pretty good for California’s first recent attempt at being reasonable
The veteran French socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon regards the would-be mayor as a chip off the old block
Modern history is strewn with tales of state-owned grocery disasters
The campus activist sees all of New York as his campus
He doesn’t treat his religion or community with the scrutiny he reserves for others
This isn’t Barack Obama’s party anymore. It’s AOC’s. It’s Ilhan Omar’s. And now, it’s Mamdani’s
He’s proposed free buses, no-cost childcare, a rent freeze and a $60 million development of city-run grocery stores
Plus: Will international visitors to US national parks pay more?
His campaign speaks to a generation that’s now made peace with its subordinate position in society
Andrew Cuomo looked like a giant only because he’s surrounded by pygmies