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My new novel is COLOSSUS. Read GLASS CENTURY, too. Editor-in-Chief of @the_met_review. @NYMag and @UnHerd columnist, contributor to @TheNation and elsewhere.
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Mayor Mamdani vs. the New York Post (and Its Ilk)

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By Ross Barkan Verified
| The Nation Verified
Politics / July 15, 2026 Mayor Mamdani vs. the New York Post (and Its Ilk) Mayor Mamdani vs. the “New York Post” (and Its Ilk) The broad swath of centrist Democrats and conservatives who have hoped to wound Mamdani enough to sap him of political capital are still figuring out how to land real blows. Ad Policy New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lights the Empire State Building on July 4, 2026.
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AOC’s Leftist headache Hard-liners see her as a sellout

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By Ross Barkan Verified
| UnHerd Verified
Can AOC please the Left while chasing the mainstream? Credit: Getty AOCDarializa Avila ChevalierDemocratic EstablishmentDemocratic socialists of Americahakeem jeffriesThe left Prefer us on Google Next year, the Democratic Socialists of America will have at least six of their own in Congress. The Squad — an overlapping, larger grouping in the House that includes Leftist Democrats who aren’t part of the DSA, like Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar — will be even more expansive.
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On Politics: Mamdani’s opponents can’t buy their way out of this

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By Ross Barkan Verified
| Crain's New York Business Verified
July 13, 2026 02:21 PM EDT Mayor Zohran Mamdani is, in theory, politically vulnerable. He’s young, he’s not terribly experienced, and he barely won 50% of the vote in the general election last year. Many of the city’s wealthiest and most powerful people didn’t support him or, in the case of billionaires like Bill Ackman, actively opposed him.
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