Abdul El-Sayed
Mudslinging in Michigan
The Republican Party pulled out all the stops in the final stretch of the state’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race, flooding the zone with anti-Arab and Islamophobic attacks on Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed — but they may not have worked as intended.
The ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ Playbook
The sudden emergence of the label in the U.S. midterms is evidence of a rhetorical exchange between the U.S. and its autocratic allies in the Middle East, as each finds ways to delegitimize, demonize and even prosecute those who might threaten the illiberal status quo of their regimes.
The Far Right Goes Into Overdrive in Michigan
Swastikas, a Nazi flag and anti-Muslim placards were on display at the recent “Christian Crusader March” organized by the pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist and white nationalist Jake Lang in Dearborn, Michigan. The state's U.S. Senate race is testing the bounds of Islamophobia in U.S. politics.