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MAN IN THE MIRROR, my new book on a subway tragedy that divided America and illuminated its workings, is out 9/29/26.
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Opinion: The system is rigged. The cavalry is not coming. We’re on our own.

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By Anand Giridharadas Verified
| The Salt Lake Tribune Verified
For a few moments on May 1, 2023, an extraordinary amount of American life was compressed into one New York subway car. There was Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black man, homeless and suffering from mental illness, frightening passengers beneath a city still shaken by Covid. There was Daniel Penny, a white former Marine from Long Island who put him in a chokehold.
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Do you feel abandoned?

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By Anand Giridharadas Verified
| The.Ink
First of all, thank you for reading and sending me so many nice notes about yesterday’s New York Times essay. It was so nice hearing from so many of you. On the Times site, the article attracted more than 1,300 comments, which is a lot even for them. What I take away from that is that more and more people are ready to have conservations about what ails us that welcome complexity, that look for what we have in common despite our apparent divides. The A.I. situation only makes it more vital.
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No One Is Coming to Save Us

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By Anand Giridharadas Verified
| The.Ink
The short version: The New York Times is running a guest essay today by yours truly, based on my new book, MAN IN THE MIRROR. It’s about how a tragic subway killing that divided America actually revealed what we have in common. Now, for those of you who like a little context stirred into your coffee, here’s a splash. The first time I had the feeling, I was 17. I was a high school kid who had somehow talked himself into an internship at The Times.
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