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Zohran Mamdani

Where Mamdani Has Refused to Moderate

March 14, 2026

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What to Make of the Gracie Mansion Incident

Juliette Kayyem

March 10, 2026

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The Left Shouldn’t Demonize Homeowners

March 9, 2026

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What Mamdani Doesn’t Know About Tenants

February 11, 2026

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The Question-Mark Mayoralty

January 1, 2026

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The Populist Revolt Against Cognitive Elites

December 15, 2025

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New York Can’t Be Progressive Without the One Percent

December 8, 2025

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Trump Campaigned on Affordability. Now He’s Calling the Idea a ‘Con Job.’

December 5, 2025

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Why Donald Trump Seems Taken With Zohran Mamdani

November 21, 2025

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Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them

November 9, 2025

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The Affordability Curse

November 7, 2025

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The Opposite of Slop Politics

November 6, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani Is About to Confront Reality

November 6, 2025

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Can Mamdani Pull Off a Child-Care Miracle?

November 5, 2025

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The Anti-MAGA Majority Reemerges

David A. Graham

November 5, 2025

Mamdani Is the Foil Trump Wants

Jonathan Lemire

November 4, 2025

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This Could Be How the Shutdown Ends

Toluse Olorunnipa

November 4, 2025

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No Politics Is Local

David A. Graham

November 3, 2025

Mamdani Has a Point About Rent Control

November 2, 2025

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The Real Reason American Socialists Don’t Win

August 24, 2025

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The Mainstreaming of Zohran Mamdani

August 18, 2025

Trump Is Making Socialism Great Again

July 27, 2025

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The Choice Between Cheap Groceries and Everything Else

Conor Friedersdorf

July 19, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action

Thomas Chatterton Williams

July 11, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left

Alexis Grenell and Arash Azizi

July 8, 2025

Zohran Mamdani campaigning with Brad Lander

Twenty-Four Hours of Authoritarianism

July 2, 2025

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New York Is Hungry for a Big Grocery Experiment

July 2, 2025

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The Anniversary That Democrats Would Be Wise to Forget

June 28, 2025

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What the Islamophobic Attacks on Mamdani Reveal

June 27, 2025

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How Voters Lost Their Aversion to Scandal

David A. Graham

June 24, 2025

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Why Won’t Zohran Mamdani Denounce a Dangerous Slogan?

June 24, 2025

New York Is Not a Democracy

June 12, 2025

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