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4 months ago

Society How opponents on the left are banding together to try to stop Andrew Cuomo in New York City

The city's ranked choice voting system has become a key piece of the campaign for mayor, with Zohran Mamdani and other candidates building alliances...

Candidates at the New York Democratic mayoral primary debate on June 12.Vincent Alban / AFP - Getty Images

Immigration agents arrested dozens of people outside this Home Depot on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on June 19, 2025.(Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times)

4 months ago

Society An ICE raid at a Home Depot in Hollywood shatters an immigrant refuge

By Editors Desk

4 months ago

Society Democrats could do a lot better with the power they hold

More than half of Americans live in states with Democratic governors. Many are poorly run

Lach Zohran / Photograph by Mark Peterson / Redux

4 months ago

Society What Zohran Mamdani Got Right About Running for Mayor

The thirty-three-year-old democratic socialist has created a movement. Can it overcome Andrew Cuomo’s power?

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. Heather Khalifa/AP

4 months ago

Society Left-wing Democrat stuns former governor in NY mayor primary

Reuters / Zohran Mamdani with his parents Mahmood Mamdani (R) and Mira Nair (L) and wife Rama Duwaji (C)

4 months ago

Society Who is Zohran Mamdani?

Getty Images/Miami Herald / A truck carrying generators was seen driving into the site on Tuesday

4 months ago

Society The virtually abandoned Florida airport being turned into 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Monday signed two bills to scale back environmental restrictions as the state faces a severe housing shortage.Credit...John G Mabanglo/EPA, via Shutterstock

4 months ago

Society California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis.

Haitian immigrants and supporters rally to reject DHS Decision to terminate TPS for Haitians, at the Manhattan borough in New York on November 21, 2017. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

4 months ago

Society Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s early termination of temporary protected status for Haitian migrants

Bryan Kohberger listens to arguments during a hearing on October 26, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.

4 months ago

Society Bryan Kohberger admits to Idaho student murders

An Israeli flag is affixed to a pole in solidarity with victims near the scene of an attack in Boulder, Colorado, on May 31, 2025. (photo credit: MARK MAKELA / REUTERS)

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Society Family of Boulder attacker can be deported, Texas judge rules after dismissing family's lawsuit

One of the people wounded on the day, 82-year-old Karen Diamond, died of her injuries on June 25. Soliman now faces over 70 charges, including...

People enjoy the beach on Memorial Day at Coney Island in Brooklyn on May 26. Angelina Katsanis/Reuters

4 months ago

Society For Coney Island, summer business kicks off with the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

An unmasked ICE agent keeps an eye out after being surrounded by an angry crowd after an ICE raid on Atlantic Boulevard in the city of Bell on June 20. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

3 months ago

Society Federal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyond

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller talks to reporters outside of the White House West Wing on May 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

3 months ago

Society Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during an election night party in New York City on June 24, 2025. John Lamparski/AFP/Getty Images

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Society Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primary

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Society San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit

San Francisco is set to ban homeless people from living in RVs with a new citywide parking limit of two hours on large vehicles

By Editors Desk

Andrew Cuomo; President Donald Trump.Alex Kent; Tierney L. Cross / Getty Images, file

3 months ago

Society Trump as foil disappears from Andrew Cuomo's rebooted New York mayoral bid

Cuomo based his primary campaign around Trump, but the president is absent from his relaunched campaign for the general election.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would make it easier to shift homeless people into long-term institutional settings, a move that he said would restore public order. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post)

3 months ago

Society Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people

Trump’s executive order could increase hospitalization of homeless individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

Business has slowed across the city, including at the beloved paletería Los Alpes.Photo illustration by Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin

3 months ago

Society L.A.’s Food Culture, Transformed by Immigration Raids

The city is defined by street carts and family-run restaurants. ICE’s vicious campaign has prompted many venders and patrons to stay home.

On June 13th, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the first in a series of attacks that his military and intelligence establishments had been preparing for more than a decade, striking at the heart of Ayatollah Khamenei’s nuclear program.Photo illu

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Society Zones of Denial

In the flush of military success in Iran, Israelis entertain visions of a new Middle East—even as the public tries to look away from the devastation...