After a historic victory last fall, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked 100 days in office earlier this month. So far, it’s going pretty well: His approval numbers are broadly positive, he’s begun to deliver on some of his key campaign promises, and he weathered his first major challenge as mayor after NYC endured […]

Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a highly protective drug regimen for people at risk of HIV. Williams’ fiancée is HIV positive, which should have made him the perfect candidate for PrEP, which prevents HIV transmission in the event of exposure to the […]

The newest journalists running around Capitol Hill are none other than reporters from TMZ. The celebrity gossip site, famous for its aggressive and sometimes unsavory — but often effective — newsgathering tactics, opened up a Washington, DC, bureau just last week. TMZ’s expansion into congressional news promises even more celebrity-style coverage of politicians. (For example, […]

Hasan Piker is exceptionally good at ranting about politics while playing video games. In the late 20th century, this would have made him a fun (if exhausting) hang. In today’s era, it has rendered him one of the most influential left-wing commentators in America, an increasingly popular surrogate for progressive candidates, and a flashpoint in […]

“Back in 2017, I made a ton of pussyhats,” Catherine Paul told me. “I just knitted pink hats like there was no tomorrow.” At the time, Paul appreciated “the way that craft could be part of a demonstration of affiliation and belief,” the artist, writer, and longtime knitter told me. Soon the pussyhat became a […]