Bizarre Republican Ad Blames Biden for Anti-Asian Violence Incited by Trump
A new attack ad blames Joe Biden for the spike in Covid-era violence against Asian Americans that community leaders say Donald Trump fueled.
Politics
The Wealth of America’s Bottom 50 Percent Has Doubled During the Pandemic Years
The net worth of the poorer half of U.S. households — while still modest — is now far higher than it’s ever been.
Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia
OPEC+ slashed oil production following a Saudi pressure campaign that experts say aims to hurt Democrats in the midterms.
Biden’s Former Haitian Envoy Slams White House Plan for Armed Intervention
“We're going to have a civil uprising in Haiti similar to 1915,” said former Ambassador Dan Foote.
Voices
The Biggest, Dumbest Race for the Senate
John Fetterman’s competition against Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania could determine consequential rights nationwide. Have the candidates forgotten that?
Voices
Is Stacey Abrams the Hillary Clinton of 2022?
Georgia’s politics have become louder and stupider as its elections draw closer. That problem serves radicals on the right.
A People-Powered Insurgency Threatened to Reshape the Democratic Party. Then Came AIPAC and Its Allied Super PAC, Democratic Majority for Israel.
“They’ve got money, but we’ve got people,” the rallying cry of the party’s progressive wing, is being tested by a whole lot of money.
Voices
Trump's Bad Week May Hasten His Ruin — or Simply Stoke His Hubris
A forthcoming subpoena and a cascade of disadvantageous court rulings made last week particularly trying for the ex-president.
Mehmet Oz Campaign Misled Reporters About His Emotional Encounter With a Black Voter
A Philadelphia woman shared her very real grief about gun violence with Oz, but reporters were kept in the dark about the fact that she was a paid campaign aide.
Making a Killing
“Election Interference”: Oil Price Hike Is Saudi Arabia’s October Surprise Against Biden
“The Saudis are working to get Trump reelected and for the MAGA Republicans to win the midterms.”