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Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman has a bachelor’s degree in political theory from Harvard and a master’s in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [Getty]
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Raman is one of a growing number of progressives seeing success with bold messaging, including on Palestine, that some have dubbed the Mamdani effect.

Brooke Anderson
09 June, 2026
Peyrin Kao poses for a photo as he begins his hunger strike in support of Gaza. [Photo courtesy of Kao]
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Visiting students walk down a corridor outside Royce Hall on the UCLA campus at the height of summer in Westwood on 15 July 2025. [Getty]
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