Op-Ed

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and fellow Democratic leaders held a media availability on the East front steps of the U.S. Capitol on December 18, 2025. Lawmakers headed home after the House of Representatives left unresolved the expiration of pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies for millions of Americans who lost health care coverage on January 01, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) swearing in Zohran Mamdani (D) as New York City’s next mayor as Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji hold the Quran. Photo: Courtesy Office of the Mayor.

For Donna Walker-Kuhne, the real champions of the arts...

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and fellow Democratic leaders held a media availability on the East front steps of the U.S. Capitol on December 18, 2025. Lawmakers headed home after the House of Representatives left unresolved the expiration of pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies for millions of Americans who lost health care coverage on January 01, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) swearing in Zohran Mamdani (D) as New York City’s next mayor as Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji hold the Quran. Photo: Courtesy Office of the Mayor.

For Donna Walker-Kuhne, the real champions of the arts...