It’s Wednesday, June 24. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Reihan Salam on Islam in America. Casey Babb on the elephant in the room after a shooting in Canada. How to actually fix the reflecting pool. All that and more.
But first: Socialism and the city.
Whether you hate it or love it, New York still sets the trends that America follows. That’s why the results of Tuesday’s primaries are national news. In a trio of House races in America’s biggest city, left-wing candidates backed by Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders came out on top.
Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Chevalier all won primary challenges against incumbent representatives, promising to tax the rich and spread the spoils among the masses.
How did the Democratic establishment fold so easily against the left-wing insurgents? And what does this say about the state of the party nationwide? Olivia Reingold and Peter Savodnik report on how leftists who want to abolish prisons, ban billionaires, and cut U.S. ties to Israel are spearheading a nationwide hostile takeover of the Democratic Party.
In New York’s 12th district, the Democratic establishment was dealt another blow when Jack Schlossberg, a scion of the Kennedy family, suffered a crushing defeat, coming in third. Some have called the loss the end of the Kennedy dynasty. Not so fast, argues Will Rahn in our second piece on the results today.
—The Editors
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Why Is the Media Ignoring the Montreal Shooter’s Antisemitism? |
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For the second time in two weeks, a Canadian police officer was killed in incidents connected to attacks against Canada’s Jewish community. Together, these two events have taken what Canadian prime minister Mark Carney recently described as a “crisis of antisemitism in Canada” to new heights—but the media has seemed to turn a blind eye to these atrocities. How could they miss this horrific story—and what biases lie underneath the mainstream media ecosystem? Casey Babb explains why Canada can’t seem to acknowledge its antisemitism problem. | |
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America’s Islam Paradox |
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A generation ago, debates about Islam in America centered on assimilation and religious freedom. Today, they are bound up with some of our most urgent political questions. Few people are better placed to make sense of this important subject than Reihan Salam. As president of the Manhattan Institute, Reihan is one of the most astute observers of politics and policy debates in the country today. He is also an American Muslim raised by immigrants from Bangladesh. In this essay, he examines two forces he sees reshaping segments of American Muslim life: Islamism, a transnational ideology seeking to impose Islamic law, and Third Worldism, which casts America and its allies as the primary drivers of global injustice. Reihan looks at where each is taking root and what it means for America. | |
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Mr. President, Here’s How to Fix Your Pool |
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One of the biggest arguments in Washington right now is all about. . . the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. In April, President Trump announced a rapid renovation of the landmark. But things soon went south: allegations of corruption, water turning an unfortunate shade of green, pro-algae protesters, and a dead duck floating lifeless to the edge of the pool. In short: It’s a mess. So, in search of practical answers, Tanner Nau gave a pool guy a call. | |
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Today’s Great American is Ty Cobb—the man who mastered the art of America’s pastime, becoming Major League baseball’s best pure hitter in the early 20th century. But perhaps even more American than his success, argues Will Rahn, is the pain it took to get there. “We often speak of America as the land of opportunity, the one place where you can really make it regardless of your background,” Will writes. “That’s all splendidly true. But what’s also true is that America will probably try to kill you first.” Read his piece on what Cobb’s career teaches us about the American dream—and how overcoming pain became a core part of our national identity for decades to come.
