2022 midterm elections

The overlap between organized labor and the Latino vote in Arizona and Nevada is another important angle of the midterms that has received too little attention.

Although Democrats widely performed better than expected in the midterms, one Republican candidate also defied expectations: Ohio's now Senator-elect J.D. Vance, who beat Rep. Tim Ryan by nearly seven percentage points.

The midterms are over. But Catholics should keep an eye on abortion, Latino voters and the fate of democracy, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Jack Jenkins reports on the 2022 midterms' most offensive ad, in which Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was presented as a divinely ordained political leader. Columnist Michael Sean Winters says: "Yikes."

Although some races are still too close to call, there was no red wave in the midterms. But Dems have much to ponder, too.

Francis, the comic strip: Some candidates won't accept election results unless they win. As Gabby says: "I don't get this!"

Election Day is Nov. 8. If you're trying to figure out if the polling is correct or if the Democrats will somehow hold on to one or both chambers of Congress, here are contests I will be looking at early in the evening.

Conservatives, independents and liberals should be able to support tackling climate change as a path to economic success and human security, as well as the morally right thing to do.

For all the worry about Biden's Catholic bona fides in some circles, Republican candidate J.D. Vance and his brand of Christian nationalism represent a far greater threat to Catholic identity, says Michael Sean Winters.

In Ohio's race for the U.S. Senate, voters will choose between two Catholics: Tim Ryan, a Democrat backed by Catholic social justice movements, and J.D. Vance, a Trump-supported Republican backed by pro-life activists.

In Ohio's race for the U.S. Senate, voters will choose between two Catholics: Tim Ryan, a Democrat backed by Catholic social justice movements, and J.D. Vance, a Trump-supported Republican backed by pro-life activists.

We say: Catholics must vote, and they must also examine their consciences about whom they vote for, prioritizing candidates who stand for the rule of law and for accepting election results. 

Catholics have a duty to combat voter suppression, said panelists in an Oct. 14 webinar organized by Faith in Public Life titled "Protecting Democracy & Voting Rights: A Conversation With Catholic Activists."

The National Review's column on the 60th anniversary of Vatican II is worse than Ross Douthat's, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Listen: Heidi, Father Daniel and David discuss the Second Vatican Council and the anniversary of its opening; the trio takes a look at the upcoming midterm elections; and they talk about what to watch and read.

Abortion, racism and denying election results are all moral issues facing voters this November. But columnist Michael Sean Winters wonders whether rising gas prices will sideline them all.

In The New York Times, David Leonhardt looks at some of the reasons that Hispanic voters are less and less likely to vote Democratic than they were just six years ago.

Columnist Michael Sean Winters had an eye on Queen Elizabeth's funeral, and he has special praise for one of the hymns sung during it.

We are now less than two months from the midterm elections. The New York Times' polling genius Nate Cohn has started to zero in on the midterm polling, and he is flashing a big yellow caution light to Democrats.

No writer did more to keep alive an awareness of the indignities working-class people experience than journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.

While Michael Sean Winters is in Rome for the consistory, he's still keeping his eye on the political scene back home.

After the defeat of Liz Cheney, Michael Sean Winters says this isn't your grandfather's Republican Party anymore. Also, Tish Harrison Warren on the distorting way religion appears, and is made to appear, in media culture.

"If this is what the bishops are going to do, if this was their plan for a 'post-Roe' world, then Catholics are going to be very disappointed," said one observer of the Catholic hierarchy.

The Catholic Church spent millions in a losing effort to get Kansas voters to strip abortion rights from that state's constitution. The voters overwhelmingly choose not to do so. How should the church move forward?

With less than 100 days until the midterms, a national network of state-based environmental faith groups is gearing up for a final push to register their communities to vote and then cast ballots with caring for creation front-of-mind.

Kansas voters on Aug. 2 sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.

When the current political climate is as prone to wildfires as is the natural environment, helping get these extremist GOP candidates within striking distance is a risk that Democrats should not have taken.

Michael Sean Winters: The Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and that "the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives" throws a curve ball into this autumn's midterm elections.

Michael Sean Winters: A powerful analysis of the Southern Baptist Convention's report on cover-up of sexual abuse allegations; the Post examines what is driving the midterms; does Donald Trump's endorsement matter?

A major Catholic campaign is bringing constituents straight to their senators to find the votes needed to pass the $555 billion in energy incentives and emissions-slashing policies included in the now-idle Build Back Better Act.