Panic in the Hamptons: The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani

deep dive Behind closed doors, rich donors plotted to stop a movement reshaping NYC politics — and exposed their deeper fears Published October 30, 2025 6:45AM (EDT) (Photo Illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Michael M. Santiago/Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan/Spencer Platt/Marleen Moise/Angelina Katsanis-Pool/Patrick T. Fallon/Newsday/Andrew Harnik) Conversations around the effort to defeat insurgent mayoralContinue Reading

A Downbeat Take on the Heist Movie

Books & the Arts / October 23, 2025 Kelly Reichardt’s latest, a sly 1970s drama involving a museum theft, probes the broken politics of the decade. James Mooney (Josh O’Conner), or J.B. for short, is a dime-a-dozen suburban malcontent who believes he deserves more than a middle-class life. His twoContinue Reading