The former New York City comptroller and councilmember is running for Congress. To unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, he’ll have to consolidate the progressive left.
Law & Justice
Posted inWorking in America
Trump’s Deportation Crackdown Is Hurting Tourism
Fear of aggressive deportation raids is deterring foreign visitors, leading to a reduction in hours for workers and lost revenue.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Newspapers Did Not Kill Themselves
New docs say Jeffrey Epstein collaborated with the Russian mob to loot the New York Daily News, then tried to help Mort Zuckerman discard it when reporting became inconvenient.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Prediction Markets May Have Inadvertently Outed Themselves as Casinos
By intervening in individual bets, companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are not acting as neutral market makers, as they have claimed in litigation.
Posted inTAP
The Big Lie at the Heart of Republican Electoral Strategy
To combat the nonexistent threat of noncitizen voting, the GOP is determined to keep Democrats from the polls.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Looming Chaos of Tariff Refunds
Companies, consumers, and hedge funds all want a piece of the revenue from the tariffs the Supreme Court invalidated. That will create unnecessary economic damage.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Got Railroaded. Good.
Elite accountability is vital, even if it comes in a less-than-perfect package.
Posted inPolitics
Whitening American History
Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Steady Loss of Support From Republicans and Courts
Every day’s headlines produce another Trump tantrum and more defections from House and Senate Republicans—and court decisions.
Posted inTAP
Trump Notwithstanding, America’s Unions Actually Grew Last Year
Only a pro-employer labor law is keeping millions of American workers from the benefits of unionizing.