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Fear-mongering is built on a series of myths about how the electorate in New York – and indeed, elsewhere –is likely to view candidates like Mamdani. What are these myths?

Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?

“The president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root here, they will be rolled out to other majority-Black and Brown cities, like Chicago, Oakland and Baltimore, across the country.”

Mohammed and Anas were the eye behind the lens catching all the details to the world from Gaza City. They were the only two prominent voices left in Gaza.

More than 100 Teamsters are on strike at the multinational Mauser Packaging Solutions plant in Chicago. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters extended picket lines to Los Angeles and Minnesota in June.

"It must be said," writes reviewer Finkel, "that this book is essential reading, but not pleasant for anyone."

A better world’s in birth

He sees Dracula as fiction’s ultimate capitalist victimizer, exploiting the lifeforce of others for his own pleasure, whether financial or physical. But the vampire has been exploited by plenty of capitalists as well, especially those in the movies.

International visitors to one of the world’s largest tourist destinations dropped 13% in June as workers face layoffs.

As regulators crack down on noncompete agreements that bar workers from finding better jobs, employees across the country are increasingly bound by a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts them to their bosses.