How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine
The unsung hero of Mamdani’s campaign is its field operation. It may make him mayor of New York City.
Sep 12, 2025 / Feature / Hadas Thier
Why Is MLB in Chicago Acquiescing to Trump? Why Is MLB in Chicago Acquiescing to Trump?
Trump is threatening to occupy Chicago while the Cubs are feting the far right.
Sep 10, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Gus O’Connor
Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
Sep 10, 2025 / Aviva Stahl
Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.
We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.
Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas
The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation
With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.
Aug 29, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano
DC Statehood: Now, More Than Ever DC Statehood: Now, More Than Ever
The best counter to Trump’s authoritarianism is a renewed commitment to secure full representative democracy in Washington.
Aug 28, 2025 / John Nichols
Zohran Mamdani Is Winning the Battle. Here’s How He Can Win the War. Zohran Mamdani Is Winning the Battle. Here’s How He Can Win the War.
Winning in November isn’t enough. A Mayor Mamdani will need a mass movement behind him to overcome an establishment that wants to crush him.
Aug 28, 2025 / Eric Blanc, Emily Lemmerman, and Wen Zhuang
Minnesota Democrats Are at War Over the “Mamdani of Minneapolis” Minnesota Democrats Are at War Over the “Mamdani of Minneapolis”
Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh won the endorsement of his city party. Then the state party overturned the result. Representative Ilhan Omar calls it “inexcusabl...
Aug 26, 2025 / John Nichols
Letter From DC: Goodbye to John Wall, Hello to Celebrating His Rebel Spirit Letter From DC: Goodbye to John Wall, Hello to Celebrating His Rebel Spirit
The former Washington Wizards point guard retires from the NBA, but the anti-Trump protests embody his swaggy defiance.
Aug 22, 2025 / Dave Zirin