Zohran Mamdani won by shaking up NYC politics

[ad_1] When Zohran Mamdani launched his mayoral campaign a year ago, he was a relatively unknown state assemblyman polling at under 1%, but on Tuesday, the 34-year-old democratic socialist coasted to victory with over 50% support in the highest-turnout race for mayor in decades. How did he do it? Affordability was one avenue. Mamdani offered…

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Half of uncontacted Indigenous tribes “could be wiped out” in 10 years, report says. Here’s what to know.

[ad_1] From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state protection. A new report by Survival International, a London-based Indigenous rights organization, attempts one of the broadest tallies…

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This week on “Sunday Morning” (August 17)

[ad_1] The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane Pauley WATCH THE FULL AUGUST 17 BROADCAST! In her 2015 watercolor “Landscape of Change,” artist-scientist Jill Pelto incorporated data…

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