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I Checked in With Curtis Sliwa. He Still Doesn’t Care What You Think.

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When Curtis Sliwa called me on Wednesday afternoon, the failed New York City Republican mayoral candidate sounded chipper, even a bit boastful. “Everybody loves Curtis,” Sliwa told me. “It’s just a question of getting them to vote for you.” But everybody does not, in fact, love the red beret–wearing subway vigilante turned mayoral candidate. His […]

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In Voter Rebuke to Trump, Democrats Win Races Across the US

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Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts, gives an overview of Tuesday’s elections.

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“He’s One Of Us”: Muslim New Yorkers Greet Mamdani’s Victory With Pride

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Timothy Rodriguez has lived in New York all his life. But the notion of a Muslim mayor never entered the realm of possibility for him. That changed Tuesday when Zohran Mamdani’s victory made him New York’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor-elect. “It’s a big win for New York City, of course, it’s a big win […]

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The Moment That Made Mamdani

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A little more than four years ago, Zohran Mamdani announced from a lectern in Manhattan’s City Hall Park that he was about to go on hunger strike. He hoped that, by doing so, he would push politicians to provide debt relief for New York City cab drivers. “I will be on strike for as long […]

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How Trump’s DOJ Wiped Out a Pioneering Anti-Violence Nonprofit

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One Tuesday night in April, Mikaela Levons, head of development at Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, had just wrapped up a phone call and was preparing to cook dinner for her kids when an email landed in her inbox. It came from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) at the […]

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Trump Brags He Could Invade Your City Whenever He Wants

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In a wide-ranging Sunday night interview on CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump put his desire for unchecked power on full display. He bragged to correspondent Norah O’Donnell that, thanks to the Insurrection Act of 1792, he can invade your city whenever he wants. He said immigration raids—including acts of police violence such as […]

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Obama’s Stumping for Democrats. Trump’s at Mar-a-Lago.

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Where’s Obama, you ask? The better question may be, where’s Trump? Former President Barack Obama spent Saturday supporting Democratic candidates in three of the most consequential races of this week’s elections. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, spent the weekend partying and golfing at Mar-a-Lago—a reflection of what has been his uncharacteristically reserved approach […]

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New York City’s Eric Adams Era Is Over

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he will abandon his chaotic reelection campaign to run the biggest city in the country. The move came after weeks of speculation that the Trump administration was pressuring Adams to drop out, in a bid to boost former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s chances against frontrunner Zohran […]

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Sweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared”

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After the ICE raid in Cato, New York, kids don’t know when they’ll see their parents again.

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Was Trump’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-Climate Science UN Speech Directed at Far Right?

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Trump was speaking to an international far right more than he was to UN member states, says journalist Ishaan Tharoor.

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People in NY Prison’s Mental Health Unit Kept in Solitary Confinement, Suit Says

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In recent months, at least two people on the unit have attempted suicide and at least three have gone on hunger strike.

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