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Zohran Mamdani, Senator Bernie Sanders and the New York attorney general, Letitia James, march together in a Labor Day parade.

For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens

Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president.

By Jeffery C. Mays

Letitia James with her hand on her chin.

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

Attorney General Letitia James of New York purchased the $137,000 home for a grandniece who needed tranquillity. Prosecutors say it is an impermissible investment property.

By Jonah E. Bromwich, Kate Kelly and Stefanos Chen

A black-and-white photo of a man, in a crowd, with his right fist in the air during a protest in 1970.

race/related

How a Hospital Takeover Changed How We Treat Addiction in America

In 1970, the Young Lords, a Puerto Rican civil rights group, seized a hospital in the Bronx — twice.

By Joumana Khatib

New York City Is Full of Green Space. You Just Have to Find It.

The city’s millions of residents are crammed together, competing for space to live, play, work and rest.

By Mihir Zaveri

People in elaborate animal costumes walk among a crowd in a convention center.

What Inspires the Best Costumes at Comic Con? A Little Childhood Trauma.

At the annual convention of comics, anime and countless expressions of nerd culture, cosplay superfans transcend their pasts and become stars for a day.

By Christopher Maag

Anjula Acharia poses wearing a multicolored sequined sari and looking off to the side in front of window.

Routine

How the Host of a Diwali Ball Spends Her Day Getting Ready to Party

Anjula Acharia, who hosts the “All That Glitters” ball, has chai with her fiancé before a day full of hairstyling, makeup and diamonds.

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta

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