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Why Young People Are Voting to Burn It All Down
Is Zohran Mamdani the left-wing Trump? Free Press columnist Tyler Cowen and Gen Z economics guru Kyla Scanlon break down the TikTok populism fueling the…
Bari Weiss
49M
The Polls Scream Mamdani, But Cuomo Won’t Quit
The former governor’s decision to stay in the race for New York City mayor gives the socialist front-runner yet another advantage.
Olivia Reingold
Eric Adams to Andrew Cuomo: ‘Get Out of the Race’
It’s the only way to stop the surging socialist candidate for New York City mayor, the current mayor tells The Free Press in a wide-ranging interview.
Olivia Reingold
WATCH: Eric Adams to Cuomo: ‘Get Out’ and Let Me Beat Mamdani
New York City’s mayor on Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo; socialism and corruption; policing and power; and rats and redemption.
Coleman Hughes
48M
Mamdani Botches the Math on Socialist Grocery Stores
The mayoral front-runner’s $140 million pledge is based on a basic misunderstanding of the city’s current grocery subsidies.
Timothy P. Carney
I Helped AOC Win. I Understand the Fantasy Zohran Is Selling.
Growing up has taught me that prosperity comes from less government, less regulation, and lower taxes, not more of them.
Lucy Biggers
Inside the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Vote totals due Tuesday are likely to show a wider lead for the socialist mayoral candidate. ‘We’re not going to vote for the party of billionaires.’
Olivia Reingold
The Revisionist History of Pride Month
We have gay rights because thousands of ordinary people were brave enough to live openly, not because a trans woman of color threw a brick at a bar.
River Page
WATCH: Who Can Beat Zohran?
Reihan Salam and Will Rahn discuss how Zohran Mamdani won, what comes next, and if NYC will become a socialist city.
Will Rahn
1HR 6M
Making Sense of Mamdani
Love or loathe the 33-year-old self-described socialist, you need to understand the hopes, anxieties, and resentments driving his coalition.
Reihan Salam
WATCH: New York City Democrats Choose Socialist Zohran Mamdani
Everything you need to know, with Olivia Reingold and Will Rahn.
The Free Press
50M
Why New York Just Voted for a 33-Year-Old Socialist
Zohran Mamdani’s charisma, hustle, and pie-in-the-sky proposals blindsided Andrew Cuomo and the political establishment.
Olivia Reingold
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