Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor
I thought of Boorstin on a Thursday afternoon early this month, as City Hall reporters trooped into the Blue Room, the traditional site of mayoral press conferences. Half the room’s seats had been cordoned...
The Chaos of an ICE Detention
At eleven minutes to eight o’clock on the morning of January 27th, in Corona, Queens, Manuela, a twenty-three-year-old undocumented immigrant from Ecuador, was about to wake up her daughter when she received a string...
The New Yorker Wins Two Polk Awards for 2025 Reporting
The New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson and the contributor Andy Kroll have been named 2src25 winners of Polk Awards, among the highest honors in journalism. Anderson received the Sydney Schanberg Prize for...
After days of disappointment, Mikaela Shiffrin storms to slalom lead after first run
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin sits in first place in the slalom at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after the first of two runs Wednesday.
Gov. JB Pritzker to propose suspending tax incentives for data centers in Illinois
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to call for a two-year suspension of tax incentives offered to develop data centers amid growing scrutiny over their rapid expansion and impact on communities.
Alysa Liu advances into medal position
Alysa Liu advances into medal position
Man says he grabbed gun and struggled with shooter who opened fire at Rhode Island youth hockey game
Michael Black was in the stands of the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Monday with his wife and their best friends to watch their friends’ son's high school hockey game
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Requests Federal Support in Potomac Sewage Crisis
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) declared a public emergency and requested support from the federal government regarding the ongoing Potomac River sewage crisis. The post D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Requests Federal Support in...
Van Hollen: ‘Suppressing the Vote’, Which Trump Is Trying to Do, Motivates People to Vote
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) stated that “one thing that definitely motivates people to go out and vote is when they know that people like Donald...
Beshear: People of Faith Don’t Support ICE Chaining People’s Ankles, Can’t Have Anyone Injured
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said that for people of faith “it is unacceptable to have a body count from ICE’s actions or to see these...