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AOC, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams & Poet Cornelius Eady: Voices from the Mamdani Inauguration
Democracy Now • Jan 2, 2026

AOC, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams & Poet Cornelius Eady: Voices from the Mamdani Inauguration

“We have chosen courage over fear. We have chosen prosperity for the many over spoils for the few,” said Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her introduction to the historic inauguration of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor. We feature part of her remarks, along with poet Cornelius Eady, who performed his original poem “Proof” during the inauguration ceremony, and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who began to cry as he addressed part of his speech to his younger self.

Still the Golden State?
Scheer Post • Jan 2, 2026

Still the Golden State?

Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawmakers to address in 2026.

Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit
Democracy Now • Jan 2, 2026

Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit

New York City started 2026 with a new mayor, as democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history when he was sworn in as the city’s first Muslim, first South Asian and first African-born leader, as well as the youngest in over a century. Ahead of a public ceremony on New Year’s Day that drew tens of thousands of people in the freezing cold, Mamdani was privately sworn in at midnight by New York Attorney General Tish James in a small ceremony held at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall. He took his oath using two Qur’ans, including one that belonged to his grandfather. Andrew Epstein, one of Mamdani’s closest advisers, spoke with Democracy Now! about the significance of the private ceremony and how it connected the new mayor to the history of the city he now leads.

DHS and White House Officials Partying Like It’s 1930s Germany: Amid Growing Fascist Trends
Scheer Post • Jan 2, 2026

DHS and White House Officials Partying Like It’s 1930s Germany: Amid Growing Fascist Trends

By Joshua Scheer While many of us are celebrating the New Year with family and friends, the White House and its allies are doing the same—but seemingly partying as if it were 1930s Germany. Among the most reprehensible people in the administration—which, admittedly, isn’t saying much—are DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, aka “ICE Barbie,” and White […]

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