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Malcolm-Jamal Warner is seen on the red carpet at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, honoring Bill Cosby, on Oct. 26, 2009. (Jacquelyn Martin, File/AP)
Jul 28, 2025

Remembering Malcolm-Jamal Warner — and Theo Huxtable

As Theo Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner had to represent young Black men on the highest-rated show on television while still appealing to middle America, writes Dart Adams. Watching another creative Black young man made me feel like I could also achieve big things, too.

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attend the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Jul 16, 2025

Ranked choice voting in NYC showed us what elections could look like

The real story from the New York City mayoral primary isn't Zohran Mamdani's victory, but voters' response to a different way of voting, writes Ismar Volić, director of the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy at Wellesley College.

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