Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire
Last spring, President Donald Trump issued the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order, taking aim at federal...
New York State
There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist.
As democratic socialists toppled establishment favorites this midterm cycle, the old guard of the Democratic Party picked up a preferred...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat Was Slow to Help Mahmoud Khalil. It Could Cost Him His Seat.
Eleven months after unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil from his home in Morningside Heights, he met...
New York Comptroller’s Trip to Israel Raised Ethical Concerns, State Commission Said
A New York state oversight board raised ethics concerns about a trip by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to Israel that...
CDC Didn’t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise
A Manhattan resident who was on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak traveled freely after leaving...
DOJ Escalates War on Trans Youth Healthcare With Criminal Subpoenas
NYU Langone was slapped with a DOJ subpoena for sweeping records related to gender-affirming care for young people. Photo: GHI/Education Images/Universal...
A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential”
An ethics watchdog found that a Trump administration-appointed former U.S. attorney committed professional misconduct in response to allegations that included...
Bernie Sanders Backs Claire Valdez in NYC House Race Dividing Left and Progressives
Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed socialist New York State Assembly Member Claire Valdez on Thursday in a Democratic primary shaping up as a...
Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings
After Elmina “Ellie” Aghayeva, a neuroscience student, was taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Columbia University housing, a...
Zohran Mamdani Wants NYC to Divest From Israel — But New Comptroller Pledges to Buy War Bonds
In a letter to state and local officials, the human rights organization DAWN warned on Friday that any investment in...
New York Women’s Prison Forces People to Go Without Showers or Recreation
Screams echoed through the halls of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility as women begged for their solitude to end. The sound...
Democrats Swept Tuesday Night’s Election. Now What?
On Tuesday, voters in Virginia, New York City, New Jersey, Texas, California, and Mississippi overwhelmingly supported Democratic candidates and ballot...
Dark Money Drives Anti-China Crackdown Across State Legislatures
States are passing a flurry of anti-China bills that critics warn could chill free speech, create an administrative albatross for...
The Struggle for the Future of the New York Democratic Party
New York City is on the cusp of an election in which what once looked impossible has begun to seem...
The United Police State of America Has Arrived
Officers stand in line as people marched from City Hall to the Federal Detention Center to protest ICE raids and...
