NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, “Slow Poison.” The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda’s struggle for independence.
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Europe’s left is taking notes on Mamdani’s successful campaign for New York mayor
The New York mayor-elect’s victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country’s version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
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In Miami Beach, the New York City mayoral election is an opportunity
Billboards in Times Square are inviting New York businesses to relocate to Miami Beach. They’re being paid for by a Florida developer who sees the election of Zohran Mamdani as an opportunity to lure residents and businesses south.
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The shutdown continues, but politics persists. That gives this quiz a lot of fodder
Here are a bunch of questions about politics and one about bears.
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ADL explains its Mamdani Monitor initiative: ‘Never had a candidate like this before’
Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League’s CEO and national director, says there’s never been a moment when antisemitic attitudes have been so high.
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Wall Street reckons with life under Zohran Mamdani
New York City’s CEOs and other billionaires spent more than $40 million trying to defeat the mayor-elect. Now they have to live with him.
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NYC’s next mayor is a democratic socialist. What does that mean?
Democratic socialism doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all definition. But its proponents emphasize a stronger role for the government over the economy to benefit the public.
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Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
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Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life and his version of the Democratic Party
Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn’t given him the boost he wanted.
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Mamdani’s rise in NYC reflects generational fight within the Democratic Party
Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who’s 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty.
