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Architecture Critic Nikil Saval Joins the Pennsylvania State Senate in a Time of Crisis
We ask the newly elected urbanist and organizer about his ongoing fight for workers’ rights, affordable housing, and a Green New Deal. Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents from Bangalore, India, Nikil Saval’s journey to the Pennsylvania State Senate has taken him...
Newly Elected Senator Saval Begins Service, Announces Leadership Team
PHILADELPHIA, PA − December 7, 2020 —Incoming State Senator Nikil Saval assumed responsibilities of the role last Tuesday, December 1, announcing a fully staffed office and leadership team with strong connections to the community. Saval, a writer and longtime labor...
Senator-Elect Saval Remarks on PA CARES 21
How South Asian American socialist candidates are helping lead the left
When Zohran Mamdani, a housing foreclosure counselor, became one of the first two South Asians elected to the New York state Assembly this month, he felt pride — but also anger. “It’s both an extremely exciting feeling and an extremely infuriating one,” said Mamdani,...