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How South Asian Turnout Redrew New York's Map
The 350% surge that flipped the map for Zohran Mamdani.
Nov 14
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The Heterodoxy Mirage
A yearning for a bygone era that substitutes nostalgia for power.
Nov 12
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The Long Arc of Immigrant Power in New York
What Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech shares with the Irish ward bosses and Jewish socialists who built the city’s first immigrant-powered coalitions.
Nov 6
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Zohran, NYC's Old New Majority, and 2026
Plus four lessons on Democratic populism.
Nov 5
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October 2025
Plato’s Warning About AI
Plato feared that writing would dull the mind. AI risks finishing the job.
Oct 20
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The Mamdani Method
Five lessons to anchor a Democratic Party adrift at sea
Oct 18
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Israeli Minister Ordered Public Shaming of Jewish Aid Workers, U.S. Detainee Says
David Adler says Israel’s far-right national security minister separated Jewish members of a Gaza aid flotilla for a photo-op before days of abuse in…
Oct 7
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September 2025
Should Democrats Moderate? They Already Do.
VIDEO | Forget the punditry. 2024 Democratic ads tell the real story.
Sep 29
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Our Crisis Isn’t a Failure of Manners
On Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and the civility trap.
Sep 24
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Realignment Isn’t A Playlist
On Searchlight, why Democrats can’t simply curate their way to power and what it takes to forge an era of democratic renewal.
Sep 22
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What We Look At When We Look At a Baby
A newborn in the house, and I can’t stop watching people watch the baby.
Sep 15
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VHS Recording Of 10-Year Old Me on 9/11/2001
Last year, I found an old VHS tape of my neighbor interviewing us on 9/11/2001 about our family's experience that day.
Sep 11
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