Mayor Wilson's clothes were purchased at Goodwill. One thousand Seattleites crowded into City Hall, hundreds of whom had never thought of it as their home. Along with me, Katie invited three speakers who presented a mosaic of hope: a Somali American graduate student, a formerly homeless man, and an elder who reminded us over and over again to be courageous and not content.
The new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over its future. On 1 January, in a star-studded inauguration ceremony of uncommon pomp and optimism, Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, was sworn in as the new mayor of New York and delivered a speech that declared the era of small government and centrist inhibition to be over, and a new dawn of ambitious social welfare programs to begin.
Marxists often view figures such as Rawls as apologists for the status quo, while many liberals associate Marx with political positions that have too often practiced oppression while preaching emancipation. Nevertheless, the canonical representatives of these two traditions have more in common than commentators generally realize. Perhaps most significantly, we suggest that Rawls himself, who worked hard to place his own thinking in the history of political philosophy, also misunderstood his relationship to Marx's views, and came to overestimate the scope of their disagreements.
"People care less about labels than results," Wilson has said, regarding criticism of her democratic socialist views. FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office on November 17, 2025.Win McNamee / Getty Images Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news - make a quick donation to Truthout today!
Zohran Kwame Mamdani was elected as the new mayor of New York City on November 4, marking a ground-breaking win for a number of underrepresented groups. It was a home run for Democratic Socialists, whose platform Mamdani has championed since starting his career for public office. It was also a win for minorities, with Mamdani becoming the city's first Muslim and Indian-Ugandan mayor.More than anything, though, it was a sweeping victory for soccer fanatics.
Zohran Mamdani's election as mayor of New York City has thrust the US democratic socialist movement into the national spotlight. If Mamdani's triumphant affordability platform-which includes plans to provide universal childcare by increasing taxes on high-income earners-is implemented, it could lead to a significant transfer of wealth from the wealthy elite to the working class and provide a blueprint for socialist leaders across the country.
Why would longtime New York political scion, ex-Clinton Cabinet member, former state attorney general, and three-term governor reduce himself to mayor, in the year of our Lord 2025? Well, the opening was apparent. The current mayor was a mess. Liberals sought guidance after Donald Trump's reelection. Other sex pests were making career comebacks. So why not? At least the city remembered his name. Sure, maybe its residents associated it with the infamous "I'm Not Perverted, I'm Just Italian" Fox News chyron.
Zohran Mamdani will be the unlikeliest mayor in New York City history. A 34-year-old backbench state assemblyman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Mamdani ran on the promise of affordability and was declared the winner not long after polls closed tonight. On his path to victory, he thrilled young voters in a way that few Democrats have in years. But perhaps no one was more delighted by his election than President Donald Trump.
In August, at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, the stars of -the latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos-posed for a photo on the red carpet. A-listers Emma Stone and Alicia Silverstone looked resplendent in slinky evening gowns, but standing between them, with two big arms clasped around their waists, was Stavros Halkias, a stand-up comedian most famous for a mythically profane podcast called . This was a watershed moment for a contingency of extremely online comedy nerds.
On Monday, September 29, the US President slammed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. He issued a warning stating that if the self-proclaimed New York City Communist is elected as mayor, he would block the federal funding to New York City. Trump wrote (via Livemint): "Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party."
The annual democratic socialists of America national convention in Chicago signified growing influence, gathering tens of thousands who support the leftwing, worker-led political ideology.
