Socialists just seized the commanding heights of New York City. On Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani — a longtime member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — won the mayoralty of America’s largest municipality. Mamdani’s election constitutes a triumph for America’s long-suffering socialist movement — possibly, the most significant in its history.  His victory may […]

The pendulum of American politics has swung again. Just one year after President Donald Trump and Republicans’ victories nationwide, the Democratic backlash has arrived in Tuesday’s elections. Democrats won both gubernatorial races on the ballot, in Virginia and New Jersey — that was expected. But they won by a lot. With nearly all votes in, […]

Damon Landor suffered one of the most blatant and obvious violations of his religious liberty imaginable. Landor is Rastafarian and, as part of his religious devotion, does not cut his hair. According to his lawyers, he kept this vow for more than two decades, and his hair grew long enough to fall “nearly to his […]

Early into her relationship with Thomas, Leigh was on the fence. Those days should’ve been rife with butterflies and intrigue, but something was off. Sure, Thomas was kind, gentle, shy — in other words, unlike the guys she used to date — but Leigh was unsure if she found his attentiveness enticing or annoying. She […]

Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, defeating disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa to become the first Muslim and first South Asian mayor in the city’s history. To unpack what Mamdani’s win means, I turned to my colleague Astead Herndon, who was on the ground reporting from an […]