Not Lost

It is, by any metric, a small country masquerading as a city.

It governs more lives and more wealth than most nations. If democratic socialism — housing reform, public banking, equitable taxation — functions here, it obliterates the myth that such governance can’t work at scale. The fear isn’t ideological. It’s empirical. Because if Mamdani can keep the lights on, reduce homelessness, and maintain economic growth without catering to Wall Street, then the capitalist gospel collapses under its own dead weight.

What terrifies the establishment isn’t failure. It’s feasibility.

If it works in New York, there’s no reason it can’t work in Nebraska. If it works in Queens, it can work in Kansas City. And once proof exists, belief becomes irrelevant. The ship of democracy, fully refitted, will keep sailing — and no one can claim it isn’t American."

Venetian Carnivale Poison Ring

c. 1760

gold, enamel, garnets, rose diamonds

maker unknown, Vienna, Austria

Birthright citizenship was created after slavery to guarantee citizenship to all people born in America.

Trump is now calling it a "shackle."

Why does he hate Black people?

About 30 to 35 countries offer unrestricted birthright citizenship (often called jus soli), granting automatic citizenship to almost everyone born on their soil, regardless of their parents' nationality.

North America: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.South America: Almost every country, including Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela (except Colombia and Chile).

Central America & Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Rest of the World: Chad, Fiji, Lesotho, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Tuvalu.