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Tom Suozzi’s Fight to Save the Democratic Party from the DSA
The New York lawmaker tells Peter Savodnik that his party has been ‘asleep at the switch’ as the far right has surged.
Peter Savodnik
How the Democratic Socialists Conquered New York City
Journalist Harry Siegel joins Eli Lake to trace how how the DSA’s far-left hard-liners and barista sociology majors took over the Democratic Party in…
Eli Lake
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‘Freeze the Rent’ Is Really About Rage and Revolution
Thursday’s decision on rent-stabilized apartments in New York City will prove that what is supposed to be a deliberative, analytical process has been…
Matt Miller
It’s Not the Poor Fueling Socialism’s Rise. It’s the Rich.
Darializa Avila Chevalier’s victory in New York’s 13th district exposes a national paradox: Candidates running on working-class politics are powered by…
Rafael A. Mangual
WATCH: Mamdani’s Allies Just Swept New York. What Comes Next?
Douglas Murray, Mark Halperin, and Reihan Salam unpack the socialist sweep in New York City’s primary elections last night—and what comes next.
Rafaela Siewert
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Mamdani’s Socialist Sweep in New York
On Tuesday, radical House candidates won big in the city. ‘It doesn’t feel safe to be Jewish anymore.’
Olivia Reingold and Peter Savodnik
How the Knicks Saved New York—and Me
Uri Berliner was a teenager the last time the Knicks won the NBA championship. Now, having just turned 70, he reflects on what the team means to New…
Uri Berliner
Knocking on Doors for Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Brigade
A volunteer’s ‘SOCIALISM’ bracelet was a hint that New York City’s public turnout campaign for rent-control hearings might not live up to its own rules…
Josh Code
New York Needs Gustavo Dudamel
The New York Philharmonic has spent years chasing politics and prestige. The celebrated conductor will bring back the one thing that matters: music.
Liel Leibovitz
Great Americans: The Michelangelo of New York
Every stoop and fire hydrant Martin Scorsese’s camera catches is a love poem to New York City. He should know better than to make movies about anywhere…
Colin Quinn
The Stakes of the Trump-Xi Summit. Have We Passed ‘Peak Human’? Plus. . .
Olivia Reingold on Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji. Haviv Rettig Gur on how anti-Israel propaganda ends up in the New York Times. And more.
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Rama Duwaji Wants the Spotlight, Just Not the Scrutiny
Zohran Mamdani says his wife is a private person. Is he right?
Olivia Reingold
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