Zohran Mamdani wins the 2025 New York City mayoral race, becoming the city’s first Muslim and youngest mayor in over a century. His victory speech challenges Donald Trump as Democrats sweep major elections across the U.S. Zohran Mamdani: From Queens Organizer to New York City’s Youngest and First Muslim Mayor On November 4, 2025, Zohran Mamdani made history. The 34-year-old Democrat was elected Mayor of New York City , becoming both the city’s first Muslim mayor and the youngest person in over a century to lead America’s largest city. His victory marked a major win for progressives — and a defining moment for the Democratic Party — as it swept several key elections during the early months of Donald Trump’s second term . Early Life and Background Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1991 , into a family deeply rooted in academia and the arts. His father, Mahmood Mamdani , is a respected scholar of post-colonial studies, while his mother, Mira Nair , is an award-...
In a shocking paradox, social critic David Brooks argues that America’s educated elite, despite their good intentions, are largely responsible for creating the very system that birthed figures like Donald Trump. According to Brooks, the elites built a society so broken and isolating that it sparked a populist rage which is now tearing the country apart. But how did these well-intentioned individuals get it so catastrophically wrong? The Myth of Meritocracy We’ve all heard it before: the ultimate American dream is that if you work hard, you'll succeed. The smartest individuals rise to the top, benefiting everyone. This is what we call a meritocracy. But what if this isn't true? What if the people at the top wrote the rules of the game to ensure they would always win? David Brooks contends that the modern meritocracy is actually a resentment-generating machine. The system, he argues, reduces human worth to academic success—specifically, school smarts. But school smarts and li...
Time travel has always captured our imagination. From movies like Interstellar to stories about parallel universes, we love thinking about the possibility of moving through time. But the real scientific question remains: Is time travel actually possible? In this simple guide, we break down complicated ideas like relativity, wormholes, and paradoxes into easy explanations. No physics degree needed, just curiosity. What Exactly Is Time? (Easy Explanation) Before we understand time travel, we must understand time itself. Scientists describe time as the fourth dimension. The first three are space: length, width, and height. Time is like a direction that always moves forward. You can move left, right, forward, backward, up, and down, but with time you only move forward. Here’s the interesting part: Time does not move at the same speed everywhere. It can slow down or speed up depending on gravity, speed, and how space-time is bent. This idea comes from Einstein’s theory and it is th...
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