Mara Gay
@maragay.bsky.social
American. Journalist. New York Times Opinion writer and MSNBC political analyst.
68,000 people are being detained this month, an all-time high. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
68,000 people are being detained this month, an all-time high. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A dispatch from the Democratic Socialists of America’s national convention in New Orleans, where I learned more about the people and movement gaining sway in the Democratic Party
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Opinion | Inside a Democratic Socialist Convention Galvanized by Mamdani’s Big Win
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A dispatch from the Democratic Socialists of America’s national convention in New Orleans, where I learned more about the people and movement gaining sway in the Democratic Party
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
“His favorite saint is Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, the Salvadoran who championed the poor and was assassinated as he said Mass in 1980” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Pope Leo Names Illinois Bishop to Replace Cardinal Dolan in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“His favorite saint is Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, the Salvadoran who championed the poor and was assassinated as he said Mass in 1980” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Reposted by Mara Gay
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November reut.rs/49gilCM
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November
The unemployment rate for two U.S. groups that are often the most vulnerable to job loss in a softening economy - Blacks and teenagers - surged to the highest levels in more than four years in November, Labor Department data showed on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November reut.rs/49gilCM
“White women especially seem concerned with holding on to a sense of social power and status,” Emma Goldberg reports www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/s...
Fighting for Femininity, Not Feminism
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“White women especially seem concerned with holding on to a sense of social power and status,” Emma Goldberg reports www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/s...
Reposted by Mara Gay
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
Totally normal behavior www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
2 Texas Men Plotted Coup of Haitian Island to Enslave Women and Children, U.S. Says
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Totally normal behavior www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
A few thoughts from me on Zohran Mamdani’s disarming of the president. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | Mamdani’s Surreal and Shrewd Pragmatism
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A few thoughts from me on Zohran Mamdani’s disarming of the president. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Tough evening for Democratic moderates
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Tough evening for Democratic moderates
“Vance is simultaneously prominent and marginal, a highly visible figure with nothing better to do than idle near the edges of American politics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o... @jamellebouie.net
Opinion | Why Doesn’t JD Vance Have More to Say About Nick Fuentes?
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Vance is simultaneously prominent and marginal, a highly visible figure with nothing better to do than idle near the edges of American politics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o... @jamellebouie.net
Reposted by Mara Gay
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
The practice of large numbers of Americans learning about the history of White Supremacy is a serious
threat to the far right movement in the United States.
Like many college-educated millennials, I saw this in the classroom and on campus firsthand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
threat to the far right movement in the United States.
Like many college-educated millennials, I saw this in the classroom and on campus firsthand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The practice of large numbers of Americans learning about the history of White Supremacy is a serious
threat to the far right movement in the United States.
Like many college-educated millennials, I saw this in the classroom and on campus firsthand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
threat to the far right movement in the United States.
Like many college-educated millennials, I saw this in the classroom and on campus firsthand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Reposted by Mara Gay
This @maragay.bsky.social piece is a terrific companion, arguing that the politics of a dignified life for all can work for Democrats everywhere. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | What Started as Affordability Politics Has Become Something Deeper
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This @maragay.bsky.social piece is a terrific companion, arguing that the politics of a dignified life for all can work for Democrats everywhere. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
The instinct to treat Mamdani as a local phenomenon ignores the reality of the Americans behind his win.
He won Black, Hispanic, middle, and working class voters. A similar coalition elected Obama.This is the heart of the Democratic coalition, not its fringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
He won Black, Hispanic, middle, and working class voters. A similar coalition elected Obama.This is the heart of the Democratic coalition, not its fringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | Don’t Overlook the Coalition Mamdani Built
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The instinct to treat Mamdani as a local phenomenon ignores the reality of the Americans behind his win.
He won Black, Hispanic, middle, and working class voters. A similar coalition elected Obama.This is the heart of the Democratic coalition, not its fringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
He won Black, Hispanic, middle, and working class voters. A similar coalition elected Obama.This is the heart of the Democratic coalition, not its fringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
“…crucial to Mr. Mamdani’s success was a group of voters with the six-figure salaries and college degrees that were supposed to insulate them from feeling economically precarious.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n... @elizashapiro.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani and the Revenge of the Struggling Yuppie
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“…crucial to Mr. Mamdani’s success was a group of voters with the six-figure salaries and college degrees that were supposed to insulate them from feeling economically precarious.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n... @elizashapiro.bsky.social
Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
The way my taxi driver stepped on it just now when I told him he was taking me to see Mamdani in Queens
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The way my taxi driver stepped on it just now when I told him he was taking me to see Mamdani in Queens
A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... @emmagoldberg.bsky.social
A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... @emmagoldberg.bsky.social
“Hope is alive,” Zohran Mamdani tells supporters in his victory speech in Brooklyn. “Hope over tyranny.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“Hope is alive,” Zohran Mamdani tells supporters in his victory speech in Brooklyn. “Hope over tyranny.”
One week ago the owner of my local bodega told me he didn’t do politics. Tonight he was wearing a NYC “I voted” sticker, saw me and smiled.
“I changed my mind,” he said.
“I changed my mind,” he said.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One week ago the owner of my local bodega told me he didn’t do politics. Tonight he was wearing a NYC “I voted” sticker, saw me and smiled.
“I changed my mind,” he said.
“I changed my mind,” he said.
A pro-Cuomo flier outside a public housing complex in Brooklyn. Just straight paternalism.
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A pro-Cuomo flier outside a public housing complex in Brooklyn. Just straight paternalism.
What city does Cuomo think he’s running to represent?
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What city does Cuomo think he’s running to represent?