INTERNACIONAL
Mamdani economic advisor is reparations activist who says ‘devaluation of Black lives’ ingrained in US system
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced a new economic and workforce development transition team that will be headed by, among others, reparations activist Darrick Hamilton, who argues the U.S. economy and governmental policies related to it are racist.
Hamilton, who went to Oberlin College and later the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at the progressive The New School university in New York City. Hamilton’s academic biography at The New School calls him a «pioneer» in the field of «stratification economics,» which is aimed at looking at how race and ethnicity are embedded into «inequality» in education, economic and health outcomes.
Mamdani announced Monday the creation of more than 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people to help advise his incoming administration, including the Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Development, which Hamilton will help lead.
MAMDANI’S TOP INCOMING AIDE WAS ‘CHIEF ARCHITECT’ OF RADICAL PROPOSAL OVERHAULING NYPD
«Since our nation’s inception, the immoral devaluation of Black lives has been ingrained in America’s political economy, and (has) manifested in a persistent, unjust, and enormous racial wealth gap,» Hamilton told Congress in 2021. «Our unjust racial wealth gap is itself an implicit measure of our racist past that is rooted in a history in which whites have been privileged by (a) government complicit (in) political and economic intervention(s) that have afforded them access to resources and iterative and intergenerational accumulation.»
Zohran Mamdani has tapped Darrick Hamilton, founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at the progressive New School university in New York City and a member of the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, to help lead his economic agenda. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg and Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Hamilton also sits on the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, where he advises members of the New York State legislature on policy recommendations for «reparative justice,» as it relates to «the historical and present-day consequences of slavery and discrimination.»
One proposal Hamilton is known for is socioeconomic-based «Baby Bonds,» which would essentially establish racially conscious trust funds for children. The Baby Bonds would be given a certain amount of seed funding depending upon determined need, and would grow until the kids become adults and can use the money.
Hamilton has argued that one-time reparations payments do not go far enough and steps, such as the Baby Bonds proposal, should be taken to help Black folks garner ownership of «means of production in American society.» Meanwhile, Hamilton has been criticized for allegedly wanting to add Black immigrants to reparations policies, as opposed to making them exclusively for the descendants of slavery.
Yvette Carnell, a prominent activist and co-founder of the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) movement, has also called Hamilton «clueless» and accused the scholar of kowtowing to whichever politician is in power.
Darrick Hamilton, professor at the New School (right) speaks during the Bloomberg Equality Summit in New York, March 22, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«The racial wealth gap is such that the typical Black family has about 10 cents on the dollar as a typical white family,» Hamilton said during a 2020 podcast episode on Freakonomics Radio. «That history of racial disparity, as it relates to wealth-building, certainly didn’t end with slavery,» Hamilton added. «There was the Homestead Act. There was the G.I. Bill. There was a system of sharecropping. There’s a system of Jim Crow. There is a system of redlining. It was government-facilitated.»
UNEARTHED ANTISEMITIC, ANTI-ISRAEL POSTS FROM MAMDANI AIDE SPARK GOP OUTRAGE
During a separate appearance on The Black News Channel, Hamilton also said he is not one to «compromise» on policy either, when asked why Democrats are always «compromising with crazy people.»
«I don’t like the word compromise … because one thing we know is that when we think about race, the group that is typically the first to be compromised are the issues related to those that are most marginalized, which in the United States’ context has been Black people,» Hamilton said during the 2021 Black News Chanel interview.
«We need government to start doing good,» Hamilton continued, «because when people realize the government can do good it creates a momentum, a movement forward that makes it harder for us to turn back.»
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul holds up signed legislation creating a commission for the study of reparations in New York on December 19, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Other folks tapped for Mamdani’s new Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Development include Gustavo Gordillo, co-chair of the New York City chapter of Democratic Socialists of America, and Deyanira Del Río, executive director of the New Economy Project, which she has said on the record is «dedicated to building an economy … rooted in racial and gender justice, neighborhood equity and ecological sustainability.»
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
Not long after Mamdani won his election and began nominating members to his transition team, he faced backlash for staffing his team with aides from former NYC mayoral campaigns, ranging from Bill de Blasio, to Michael Bloomberg to Eric Adams. Mamdani also tapped a longtime Biden adviser to help lead his transition that garnered criticism.
«The polls have barely closed, and already the incoming mayor is breaking one of his core promises to shake up the status quo and usher in a new day. New York City started a downward spiral under the de Blasio administration, and now some of its main players are returning to the halls of power,» Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News Digital. «And former FTC Chair Lina Khan became synonymous with her hostility toward businesses large and small during the Biden administration and one of the ringleaders of Bidenomics.»
Neither Mamdani’s team, nor Hamilton, responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comments in time for publication.
zohran mamdani,economy,new york city,state and local,politics
INTERNACIONAL
Sistema de agua en ciudad de Panamá vuelve a operar al 100% tras falla en principal potabilizadora
Después de cuatro días de operar al 90% de su capacidad, la planta potabilizadora Federico Guardia Conte de Chilibre volvió a funcionar al 100%, tras completarse los trabajos de reparación e instalación del motor de una de las bombas de la estación de bombeo de agua tratada.
La recuperación de esta infraestructura, la más importante del país para el abastecimiento de agua potable, permite empezar a normalizar el suministro en la ciudad de Panamá y San Miguelito, dos de las zonas más afectadas por la reducción temporal de operaciones.
El restablecimiento llega antes de lo previsto. Cuando se detectó la falla mecánica, las autoridades habían estimado que las labores podrían tomar alrededor de seis días, pero el trabajo técnico concluyó en un plazo menor.
Durante ese período, la planta se mantuvo en funcionamiento parcial, lo que obligó a operar con menor margen en la red de distribución y a advertir sobre posibles interrupciones o variaciones del servicio, sobre todo en los sectores altos y alejados.
La pieza intervenida era clave para sostener la presión y la salida de agua tratada hacia la red. Por eso, aunque la potabilizadora no dejó de producir, la reducción al 90% tuvo efectos inmediatos en el sistema.
En este tipo de eventos, las primeras zonas en resentir el impacto suelen ser las comunidades con menor presión natural o ubicadas en puntos más distantes, donde cualquier merma en la capacidad de bombeo se traduce con rapidez en baja presión, intermitencia o ausencia temporal del suministro.
El comunicado oficial informa que la recuperación al 100% fue posible luego de culminar con éxito la reparación y la instalación del motor, en una jornada extendida que concluyó en horas de la madrugada.
A partir de allí, el restablecimiento del servicio empezó de forma progresiva, especialmente en los puntos altos y alejados de Panamá y San Miguelito que pudieron verse afectados mientras se ejecutaban las labores.
Las autoridades también insistieron en el llamado a usar el agua con moderación para acelerar la recuperación plena del sistema.
La contingencia, además, volvió a dejar en evidencia que la operación de Chilibre sigue dependiendo de equipos críticos cuya falla repercute de inmediato sobre una parte importante del país.
Cuando se anunció el daño, también se explicó que estaba en marcha el proceso para reemplazar cuatro motores en la estación de bombeo, equipos que ya habían sido adquiridos y estaban pendientes de entrega por parte del proveedor. Es decir, la reparación que permitió salir de la emergencia no elimina un problema más amplio de renovación de componentes.
Ese dato es importante porque la avería actual no fue presentada como un episodio aislado. Ya antes la planta había operado con capacidad reducida por fallas similares y, en noviembre del año pasado, una interrupción en el sistema eléctrico la dejó fuera de servicio por varias horas.
En una infraestructura que abastece a gran parte del área metropolitana, la repetición de incidentes mecánicos o eléctricos amplifica la preocupación sobre la estabilidad operativa de un sistema del que dependen miles de hogares.
La planta de Chilibre capta agua del Lago Alajuela y cumple una función estratégica dentro del esquema de distribución nacional. No se trata de una instalación secundaria ni de apoyo: es la principal fuente de agua potable para una enorme franja urbana.
Por eso, cada reducción en su capacidad se convierte en un asunto sensible, no solo por la cantidad de personas afectadas, sino porque cualquier demora en la reparación obliga a redistribuir presión y a administrar con más cuidado un recurso básico en una red ya exigida.
En esta ocasión, el mensaje oficial subraya que la detección rápida de la falla y la coordinación entre especialistas permitieron completar el trabajo antes del tiempo inicialmente proyectado. Ese resultado evita que la contingencia se prolongue durante casi una semana completa, como se había anticipado al inicio.
La normalización total del servicio, sin embargo, no siempre ocurre al mismo ritmo en todos los puntos de la red. Aunque la planta ya funciona a plena capacidad, el agua debe recuperar presión y niveles en el sistema para llegar con estabilidad a las áreas más comprometidas.
En los eventos anteriores, las autoridades ya habían advertido que las zonas más alejadas y elevadas suelen tardar más en volver a la normalidad, por lo que el regreso al 100% de operación no implica que todos los usuarios sientan el efecto de inmediato.
ciudad de panamá 2023.,edificio,estadísticas población,exterior,paisaje urbano,rascacielos
INTERNACIONAL
‘No Kings’ calls itself leaderless, but its own internal documents tell a very different story
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
«No Kings,» a decentralized protest movement that crystallized in opposition to President Donald Trump’s second term, will hold thousands of events on Saturday morning, according to Sarah Parker, an organizer for one of the events in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The protests mark the most recent development for the amorphous group, which has prompted similar events in the past.
«Tomorrow we’re going to have over 3,500 events across the country,» Parker said. «I think it’s important to be out in the streets at this moment in time to save our country. The events will be overwhelmingly peaceful, and there are going to be millions of Americans from different affiliations, different ages and different ethnic backgrounds coming together to be in community.»
Parker did not describe how «No Kings» works with local figures to organize events but said the protests aim to build on local displeasure with the administration.
LIZ PEEK: DEMOCRAT FURY FUELS ‘NO KINGS’ PROTESTS BUT ENDGAME IS ELUSIVE
No Kings protesters, left, pictured alongside Sarah Parker, an organizer for a protest in Minnesota, right. ( Dong Xudong/Xinhua via Getty Images; Fox News Digital)
«I think this is organic. This is a people-powered movement. We have different local hosts that are volunteers who have stepped up to host an event in their areas, even in rural areas. We have hundreds of events in rural and deep-red states,» Parker said.
Unlike other organized organizations, «No Kings» is not a non-profit, a business, or a formal organization, making its structure a mystery. Because of its lack of centralization, it has little to no financial reporting requirements and no easily identifiable leadership.
«No Kings» first burst onto the scene through «No Kings Day» in June 2025, an event that, in the words of their website, inspired «a nationwide uprising 14 times larger than both of Trump’s inaugurations combined.»
‘NO KINGS’ PROTESTERS FILMED HAVING CHILDREN BASH TRUMP PIÑATA
Almost a year later, the protests scheduled for Saturday hope to continue their opposition, touting opposition to Trump’s recent actions in Iran and debates over immigration enforcement.
«Masked secret police terrorizing our communities. An illegal, catastrophic war putting us in danger and driving up our costs. Attacks on our freedom of speech, our civil rights, our freedom to vote. Costs pushing families to the brink,» their website’s description reads.
President Donald Trump on July 28, 2025, in Turnberry, Scotland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Despite Parker’s framing of a decentralized movement, No Kings provides a highly-structured document for organizers titled «March 28 Toolkit,» instructing viewers on how to recruit their own speakers, delegate roles, register their event and use No Kings branded media materials. It also lays out best practices for logistics as well as how to avoid permitting and insurance requirements for event-holders.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DOUBLES DOWN ON ANTI-TRUMP, ANTI-ICE STANCE, SAYS ‘BLOWBACK IS JUST PART OF IT’
Notably, the document also includes a «host hotline,» providing a number with a Maryland area code.
A map of events scheduled for Saturday shows organizational activity in the vast majority of urban centers across the country. Parker said that no one center will play a lead role, but that Minneapolis will act as a «flagship.»
Parker isn’t affiliated with No Kings directly. Instead, she described herself as a part of 50501 — another decentralized organization that partners with No Kings. She did not describe the nature of the partnership or how they interacted amid their similarly decentralized structures.
REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM: INSIDE THE $600M MARRIAGE OF DARK MONEY AND FAR-LEFT AGITPROP
Protesters gather in Washington, D.C., for the No Kings Day protest on October 18th, 2025. (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead)
Asked what 50501 meant, Parker said the name originally stood for «50 states, 50 capitols, one day.»
It, too, is not registered as a non-profit or business.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
When asked who should be listening to No Kings’ messaging, Parker said she believes its lawmakers that should pay attention.
«I think it’s for any elected official that is not listening to their constituents again. It should be a message for any, any elected officials, regardless of their political affiliation,» Parker said.
us protests, donald trump, politics
INTERNACIONAL
«No Kings»: multitudinarias protestas contra Donald Trump en todo Estados Unidos y otros países
Se filtra nuevo juego Nintendo Switch 2 Edition a través de Amazon Reino Unido: SnowRunner llegará a la sucesora – Nintenderos
Con gol de Adrián Martínez, Racing derrotó 1-0 a San Martín de Formosa por los 32avos de la Copa Argentina
Burford aseguró que el fallo por YPF es “muy decepcionante” y que analiza llevar el caso a la Corte Suprema de EEUU y al Ciadi
La Justicia define la situación de dos mapuches vinculados a las usurpaciones de Villa Mascardi
Sistema de agua en ciudad de Panamá vuelve a operar al 100% tras falla en principal potabilizadora
El último truco del mago frente a la sombra del final
¡VERGÜENZA NACIONAL! Humillan a la Policía Federal mandándolos a un merendero antes de darles un aumento de sueldo digno
El Presidente y Karina Milei volvieron a respaldar a Manuel Adorni tras la polémica por sus vuelos
Manuel Adorni: “Mi patrimonio lo construí antes de entrar al Gobierno, no tengo nada que esconder”
Máximo Kirchner salió al cruce de Milei y Macri tras el fallo por YPF a favor de la Argentina
POLITICA2 días ago¡DERIVA ECONÓMICA Y SOBERBIA POLÍTICA! El abismo entre el «relato oficial» y la realidad de una clase media que no aguanta más
- POLITICA5 horas ago
Máximo Kirchner salió al cruce de Milei y Macri tras el fallo por YPF a favor de la Argentina
- POLITICA18 horas ago
Kicillof refuerza su perfil de candidato y se aferra al fallo de YPF para polarizar con Milei
