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Mayor Mamdani's Closing U20 Remarks in NYC
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (547+ words) But it is truly, truly a pleasure, and we can now answer the question - to Nadeem's point - of what does it feel like to go from the greatest city in the world to London? The mayors of Helsinki, Barcelona and…...
Mamdani Appoints Mazin Sidahmed To Lead NYC’s Ethnic And Community Media Office
23+ hour, 1+ min ago (329+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed journalist and community media leader Mazin Sidahmed as executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community Media, bringing nearly 15 years of journalism experience to the administration. The Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community…...
What does history tell us about progressive mayors?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (38+ words) Labor historian Eric Blanc talks to WUSA9 about 'sewer socialism' amid a wave of progressive victories in municipal politics. Labor historian Eric Blanc talks to WUSA9 about 'sewer socialism' amid a wave of progressive victories in municipal politics....
What Exactly Is a Wave Election?
22+ hour, 51+ min ago (191+ words) Nate Cohn: “There is no formal definition of a wave. The term mostly evokes the feeling of a sweeping victory, one in which a party wins all the usual battlegrounds while toppling some of the opposing party’s typically safe districts…...
COMMENTARY: There aren’t enough rich people to tax
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (808+ words) There aren’t enough rich people to tax to fund what Democratic Socialists of America candidates are promising. When the DSA says “tax the rich,” they want us to think of guys like Thurston Howell III, the “Gilligan’s Island” millionaire with…...
‘Judge Judy’ Sheindlin makes retirement official, handing gavel to son
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (528+ words) Judge Judy Sheindlin has made it official: She is stepping down from the bench and away from the camera after 30 years spent adjudicating spats on national television. The 83-year-old jurist will broadcast bark barbs and mete out small-scale justice for…...
Supreme Court protects voting rights | READER COMMENTARY
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (127+ words) This one is because the Supreme Court of the United States denied him permission to tamper with a voting system that has worked very well for decades without either his oversight or interference (“... Howard County mill town vanished long ago....
‘We've come full circle': DC Office of the Tenant Advocate celebrates 20 years
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (157+ words) D.C. celebrated a special milestone for tenants rights Saturday. The DC Office of the Tenant Advocate celebrated its 20th anniversary, marking the milestone during the annual Tenant Summit. District officials along with housing leaders and others gathered for the event Saturday. It's…...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosting ‘private’ U20 world summit with other lefty leaders (only 4.36 years left)
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (265+ words) NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted lefty leaders from across the globe on Saturday to kick off a three-day summit pushing progressive agenda items like dealing with climate change. Mamdani delivered opening remarks at the Urban 20 Summit in New York City,…...
Opinion: We can’t abandon working-class New Yorkers and LGBT seniors in an affordability crisis
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (133+ words) The Haven Green affordable housing development was supposed to be built on an empty city-owned lot known as the Elizabeth Street Garden. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images The city had won every single frivolous lawsuit in 2024 and was ready…...