Nyc Makes History With Zohran Mamdani: Rent Freeze Reshape City Living

An image of Zohran Mamdani waving in front of his supporters.

New York City has made history by electing Zohran Mamdani as its first Muslim and first South Asian mayor, and he is arriving with a kitchen-table agenda that puts affordability front and center. The standout proposal is a four-year rent freeze on roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments. In a city where the average one-bedroom in […]

The Comfort Trap: Why AI Companions Can Make Us Less Social

A group of people attention fixed on their phones.

The social media era as we knew it is officially over, and what’s replacing it might be far more isolating than we ever imagined. Mark Zuckerberg’s recent revelation that the average American has fewer than three friends speaks volumes about the unintended consequences of platforms designed to “connect” us. But rather than fixing the loneliness […]