At the climax of his one-man show, “Out of Character,” the actor Ari’el Stachel declares, “I am a Yemenite, Israeli, Ashkenazi, Jewish, American actor with anxiety.” It’s a complex identity that has brought him major attention since his Tony Award-winning turn as an Egyptian trumpeter in the hit 2018

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani discusses his vision for the city and his surprise win in last week's Democratic primary.

When Mamdani refuses to retract that phrase—when he insists that “globalizing” it is some kind of beautiful call for freedom—he’s not just gaslighting you. He’s endorsing it. He’s declaring that the violent murder of Jewish civilians isn’t just tolerable—it’s exportable. It’s a blueprint.

In the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, I found myself wondering whether the 33-year-old state lawmaker and socialist developed a ...

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office walked back her suggestion that the New York mayoral nominee had supported “global jihad.”

The political-talent pipeline in this town is no longer about community-based clubhouses; it’s about social-service nonprofits and public-sector unions that feed off the taxpayers on a scale

Zohran Mamdani gains UFT endorsement in NYC mayoral race as the teachers union backs his campaign promises on affordability.

Zohran Mamdani won last month’s New York City Democratic primary promising radical solutions to the city’s cost-of-living crisis. But the real difficulties still lie ahead, assuming the left-wing hopeful can clinch city hall come November.