Zohran Mamdani's victory marks watershed for South Asian Americans

In a victory speech capping his meteoric rise, New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani quoted at length from the famous 'Tryst with Destiny' address by independent India's first prime minister...

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Democrats' hopes for 2026 boosted by California vote

Democrats head into next year's elections with a fighting chance to win back the US House of Representatives, after victories that showcase sharply different visions of the party as...

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Tim Roemer’s focus turns to preserving democracy

There are many fronts in the battle to preserve democracy, and former Rep. Tim Roemer is in the middle of the action on all of them. The Indiana Democrat,...

Election reform turns down the temperature of politics

Politics isn’t working for most Americans. Our government can’t keep the lights on. The cost of living continues to rise. Our nation is reeling from recent acts of political...

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Republicans are becoming the party of big government

President Donald Trump’s populist renovation of the Republican Party is ushering in a new era of America’s center-right as a champion of the New Deal social safety net. What’s...

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Voters lose in redistricting game in the United States

There are two actions that are both anti-democratic and anti-Democratic that Texas Republican state lawmakers and Gov. Greg Abbott are doing in messing around with the lines of the...