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  • Senior Producer, NPR
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Zohran Mamdani & the politics of "good" vs. "bad" Muslims

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By Brittany Luse Verified, Barton Girdwood Verified, Liam McBain Verified, Neena Pathak
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Zohran Mamdani & the politics of "good" vs. "bad" Muslims : It's Been a Minute Before, during, and after Zohran Mamdani became the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, Republicans and Democrats were both leaning into decades old Islamophobic tropes to delegitimize his candidacy. Meanwhile, young progressives are reclaiming those tropes. Why is Islamophobia politically salient today, and why are both sides of the aisle using it to achieve their own political goals?
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The privilege of being "skinny"

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By Brittany Luse Verified, Barton Girdwood Verified, Jasmine Romero Verified
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The privilege of being "skinny" : It's Been a Minute If society privileges "thin" people, should you aspire to conform? And at what cost? Last year, online influencer Slim Kim went viral for a TikTok where she said she loves "being skinny." It sparked a debate that continued throughout 2025: how do we talk about bodies without falling into "body fascism." And with drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy flooding the market, how are the ways we talk about bodies shifting and changing?
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Are psychedelics getting a tech rebrand?

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By Brittany Luse Verified, Liam McBain Verified, Neena Pathak, Barton Girdwood Verified
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Are psychedelics getting a tech rebrand? : It's Been a Minute Are psychedelics the next big thing? Psychedelics include the drugs LSD, magic mushrooms, peyote, and often ketamine and MDMA too, among others. And some of these drugs have a history of spiritual practice spanning millennia. Then many of these drugs became synonymous with hippies and 60s and 70s counterculture. But now, psychedelics have new cheerleaders: tech bros and CEOs. So why the rebrand?
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