Janet Hook

July 12, 2021 at 4:24 pm

Biden to lambast GOP’s new voting restrictions. Activists want more than talk

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, under growing pressure from the left to fight harder to block new voting restrictions flowing from GOP state legislatures, will...

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July 5, 2021 at 5:02 am

This American city has a long history of racism; now its top mayoral candidates are women of color

Boston is an unlikely pioneer in a change that is inching into electoral politics across the nation: A growing number of women of color are...

January 4, 2021 at 7:04 am

‘It is a cliffhanger’: Republicans worry Trump’s moves could depress turnout in Georgia Senate runoffs

DALTON, Ga. — Just days before Georgia's Senate runoff election, Kasey Carpenter strode into his bustling Southern home-style restaurant and got straight to the point....

September 20, 2020 at 4:37 pm

Biden warns Obamacare could be repealed if Trump’s Supreme Court pick is confirmed

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday portrayed President Trump’s determination to lock in conservative control of the Supreme Court in the final...

Nation & World

September 1, 2020 at 7:57 pm

A Kennedy loses in Massachusetts and a storied dynasty fades

In both parties, the Old Guard has been challenged by the rise of populist movements: the white nationalism that brought President Trump to power in...

Nation & World

August 19, 2020 at 8:59 pm

Obama lobs scathing attack at Trump, hails ‘my friend’ Joe Biden

Former President Barack Obama warned Democratic National Convention viewers what's at stake if President Donald Trump wins another four years in office.