Zohran Mamdani’s win as New York Mayor shows that America can still be a land of opportunity

This week, New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani was convincingly elected to be the first Muslim Mayor of New York City. Parveen Akhtar writes that much like London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, Mamdani’s Muslim identity saw his campaign subject to Islamophobic prejudice from political opponents. She writes that Mamdani’s election victory is more than a political upset; it marks a generational and cultural shift in American politics...