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How One Primary Gave Democrats Affordability
Zohran Mamdani’s upset win did not change the map, it changed the script that Democrats now run on.
The Henhouse Liberalism Built
A response to Matthew Yglesias. What he calls “postliberalism” is often liberalism’s own elite, anemic offspring.
The 2028 “Ideas Primary” Probably Won’t Be About Ideas
It will be about theories of power...and vibes.
You Can Hold Her Now
What happens when our friends meet our baby (and themselves) for the first time.
The Heterodoxy Mirage
A yearning for a bygone era that substitutes nostalgia for power.
The Long Arc of Immigrant Power in New York
What Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech shares with the Irish ward bosses and Jewish socialists who built the city’s first immigrant-powered coalitions.
Zohran, NYC's Old New Majority, and 2026
Plus four lessons on Democratic populism.
Should Democrats Moderate? They Already Do.
VIDEO | Forget the punditry. 2024 Democratic ads tell the real story.
Realignment Isn’t A Playlist
On Searchlight, why Democrats can’t simply curate their way to power and what it takes to forge an era of democratic renewal.