By now, you’ve probably heard of superstar Newark mayor Cory Booker. He spoke at Cooper Union last year, where we saw him “bend the entire purpose of the panel toward him, the way huge gravitational masses bend light.” We also called him a “dynamo.” (It was freshman year, y’all. Sorry.)
But Booker, beside being ridiculously charismatic, erudite, and apparently really effective—crime in Newark dropped 36% in his first two years as mayor—is also a hero. On Thursday night, he pulled a woman from a burning building. This happened. Read more…
