America is the in throes of a revolution that began last Saturday and is expected to end on November 3 -- with the Presidential Elections: Millions of early voters -- Democrats and Republicans -- are casting ballots for a future that will bring their change. One that may recycle its ransacked “greatness” to a hopefulness to which they can pledge allegiance.
Many people we spoke to over the past weekend, offered short, spare explanations for why they were lining up: first they are exhausted. From the force of an oppression unseen and/or insane. Not enough money, failing health. And in the words of Fannie Lou Hamer, “Sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
ABOVE, a family votes at Mount Vernon City Hall. More on page 3. Photo: Barry L. Mason
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joins other politicians for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the National Urban League's new headquarters in Harlem on November 12, 2025, in New York City. In a recent interview, Mamdani stated that he plans to call President Donald Trump before taking office in an effort to diffuse tensions between the two politicians. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, alongside his mayoral transition team, speaks during a news conference at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park in the Queens borough of New York City on November 5, 2025. Mamdani, 34, is the city's first Muslim mayor and the youngest to serve in more than a century. The Democratic socialist's victory came in the face of fierce attacks on his policies and his Muslim heritage from business elites, conservative media commentators and Trump himself. (Photo by TIMOTHY A.CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
