You never know what lies around the corner. Case in point: Zohran Mamdani, an obscure New York State Assembly member who had kept a low profile until very recently, pulled off a resounding and ...

In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, not far from where I live. The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the ...