Mamdani’s Win Shows “Palestine Is No Longer a Liability,” Says Mahmoud Khalil
Zohran Mamdani’s supporters at his inauguration share their hopes for the new administration.
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Mamdani Revokes Executive Order Banning Divestment From Israel on First Day
Mamdani also signed a number of executive orders aimed at increasing the housing stock and protecting renters.
Racketeering Charges Dismissed Against 61 People in Stop Cop City Movement
The state may still re-file RICO charges with permission from the governor, and it could appeal the judge’s ruling.
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BREAKING: NYC Is Now ‘Under Sharia Law’
How the Right Turned Mass Shootings Into Vehicles for Anti-Palestinian Hate
Shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach were both used to justify anti-Palestinian targeting. It's no coincidence.
AOC, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams & Poet Cornelius Eady: Voices from the Mamdani Inauguration
“We have chosen courage over fear. We have chosen prosperity for the many over spoils for the few,” said Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her introduction to the historic inauguration of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor. We feature part of her remarks, along with poet Cornelius Eady, who performed his original poem “Proof” during the inauguration ceremony, and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who began to cry as he addressed part of his speech to his younger self.
Still the Golden State?
Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawmakers to address in 2026.
Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit
New York City started 2026 with a new mayor, as democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history when he was sworn in as the city’s first Muslim, first South Asian and first African-born leader, as well as the youngest in over a century. Ahead of a public ceremony on New Year’s Day that drew tens of thousands of people in the freezing cold, Mamdani was privately sworn in at midnight by New York Attorney General Tish James in a small ceremony held at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall. He took his oath using two Qur’ans, including one that belonged to his grandfather. Andrew Epstein, one of Mamdani’s closest advisers, spoke with Democracy Now! about the significance of the private ceremony and how it connected the new mayor to the history of the city he now leads.
As Israel Bans Aid Orgs in Gaza, Notorious Mercenary Firm Seeks ‘Targeter’
Are Israel and the Trump admin planning to revive the dystopian Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scheme that spawned famine and death under cover of humanitarian aid?
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