Amanda Litman: "Zohran Mamdani’s speech from the Knicks ceremony and Barack Obama’s speech from the presidential center opening are cousins — two different ways of getting at the same belief that hope is a choice, that hard work is worth it, that setbacks are never permanent, and long odds are not a fate. Stubborn collective optimism is back!"
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