If you had told me in September 2001, when I was a new teacher in Washington, D.C. — the smoke from the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon still visible from my classroom window — that one day a Muslim socialist would be elected mayor of New York City, I might have thought you cruel for raising my hopes. I remember the tanks rolling down the street by my house, the flags unfurled from every porch…
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Zohran Mamdani’s historic mayoral victory on November 4 created a political earthquake both inside and outside New York City. With bold policies aimed at challenging the status quo in the U.S., a once obscure, long-shot democratic socialist candidate has become a celebrated new star of the Democratic Party — a party whose leaders continue to remain reluctant to endorse him. As the dust from…
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If President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, Zohran Mamdani may become the first New York City mayor forced to navigate an uninvited federal deployment of the National Guard. Last month, Trump insinuated that he’d send troops to “clean up” the country’s biggest city if Mamdani won the election, as he did decisively Tuesday night. Trump administration officials have also threatened to ramp…
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fended off a challenge from democratic socialist Omar Fateh to secure a third term by winning enough support in the second round of the city’s ranked-choice voting system. City election officials declared Frey, a Democrat, the winner Wednesday morning after tabulating second- and subsequent-choice votes. Frey won 42% of first-choice votes, followed by Fateh with…
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Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory for the working class in the financial capital of the world is a reflection of the growing appeal of bold platforms that attack extreme inequality and oligarchy and move toward a more equitable and just society. Inequality, to be sure, is one of the biggest social problems facing many countries across the globe. The gap between haves and have-nots has grown to…
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The night before Election Day, Zohran Mamdani — who was elected New York City’s 111th mayor on Tuesday — hopped on the W train from 34th Street-Herald Square to Queens for an event with canvassers at Dutch Kills Playground. We took the ride with him, and this is what we saw: Some gasped when they saw who it was, with one man grabbing a selfie on the platform with the then-candidate before the…
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