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1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Bradley Tusk

   Mamdani’s gambling faces major risks (opens the original)

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   There are two types of gamblers. One plays the odds, hedges bets, stays cautious, wins incrementally over time. The other plays fast and loose, bets big, risks it all every time. The latter is more fun. The former does better in the long run. This approach can apply to politics too. So far, Zohran Mamdani has governed fast and loose. He’s fun, he’s flashy, he’s popular — a new Siena poll has him at 69% favorable. He plays to the base, collects new Instagram followers like quarters from a loose s

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2. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Bradley Tusk

   The wrong question about Stuyvesant (opens the original)

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   The numbers came out, like they do every year. Of the 777 students who received offers to Stuyvesant High School, only three were Black. Of course this is a problem. But the immediate reaction — ban the test — not only ruins a series of great schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, it does nothing to solve the underlying problem. The underlying problem isn’t the lack of equity at a handful of specialized schools. It’s that our schools are failing hundreds of thousands of students every year.

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