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Zohran Mamdani Wants You to Do More Than Survive

By: Liza Featherstone

Our comrade won because he told New Yorkers they deserve it all — love, leisure, pleasure, sport.

Photography by Jack Califano

Preparing to go onstage for a 2022 Climate Week panel at Cooper Union, Zohran Mamdani sat in the greenroom examining the tote bag given to speakers, a compelling bit of swag featuring the names of past A-listers who have addressed the Great Hall, including Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, Norman Cousins, and Jacob Riis — not to mention […]

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Preparing to go onstage for a 2022 Climate Week panel at Cooper Union, Zohran Mamdani sat in the greenroom examining the tote bag given to speakers, a compelling bit of swag featuring the names of past A-listers who have addressed the Great Hall, including Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, Norman Cousins, and Jacob Riis — not to mention […]

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Preparing to go onstage for a 2022 Climate Week panel at Cooper Union, Zohran Mamdani sat in the greenroom examining the tote bag given to speakers, a compelling bit of swag featuring the names of past A-listers who have addressed the Great Hall, including Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, Norman Cousins, and Jacob Riis — not to mention […]

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Preparing to go onstage for a 2022 Climate Week panel at Cooper Union, Zohran Mamdani sat in the greenroom examining the tote bag given to speakers, a compelling bit of swag featuring the names of past A-listers who have addressed the Great Hall, including Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, Norman Cousins, and Jacob Riis — not to mention […]