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Providing an alternative to establishment politics and an increasingly right-leaning party made all the difference for Mamdani, argues politics editor Lex McMenamin in this op-ed. Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference

Zohran Mamdani’s victory last night was a straightforward triumph of people over money, the kind capitalist elites try so hard to convince us is impossible. Cuomo’s campaign was bankrolled by $25 million from some of the worst actors in American life

Resistance works

A librarian tells her story of being on the front lines of the far right wing assault on libraries and knowledge.

A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.

Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump

The high court has dealt a savage blow to due process and has rewarded the administration for defying court orders.

"The people of New York City proved that a movement powered by hope, courage, and working people can beat the money of billionaires," said one Mamdani supporter.

Surveillance and self-protection

Writer-director Celine Song’s Materialists follows a professional NYC matchmaker split between two charming suitors. It’s yet another attempt to update the Jane Austen formula, but without the poignancy and beauty of Song’s acclaimed Past Lives.