A broad coalition of business and civic groups has just put a clear question on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s desk: will New York City push the state to reform the old “Scaffold Law” so construction gets cheaper and less bogged down in litigation? The letter asks the mayor to add Scaffold Law reform to the city’s More
Donors and Democratic strategists are loudly whispering the same thing: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez could shake up the 2028 Democratic primary. That is the new development reporters picked up this week. But before anyone starts handing her the coronation, we should ask whether noise from wealthy insiders equals real electability in swing states. Donors and strategists More
A new wave of headlines around “banned books” is back. PEN America has released a high‑profile report counting thousands of book removals in public schools, and the American Library Association is again campaigning behind Banned Books Week. The two reports use different yardsticks, and the fight over the words — “banned” versus “challenged” — has More
The new book In the War Room by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman rips the curtain off Israel’s wartime decision‑making. It is a plain, reporting‑heavy look at what really happened in the weeks and months after the Oct. 7 attack. If you care about security, politics, or common sense in government, you should pay More
President Donald Trump just threw down a gauntlet in the contest for global tech leadership: an “AI Force” and a coming “AI Czar.” The announcement is short on detail and long on intention — and that’s exactly the point. This administration wants to grow American artificial intelligence, beat China, and avoid the kind of suffocating More
The Department of Justice just dropped a not-so-subtle reminder that election law matters. A fresh DOJ announcement says 16 people in seven states now face charges tied to illegal voting, false registrations and related fraud. If you care about fair elections, this should worry you — and if you don’t, maybe you should. What the More