If the Democrats win the presidential election, at least one $14 billion fortune can breathe a sigh of relief.
That sum is the endowment, roughly speaking, of the Ford Foundation. Maya Harris, the sister of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, did a stint at the Ford Foundation as vice president for democracy, rights, and justice. That's the same Maya Harris who served as the chairman of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.
Belmont resident Shiva Ayyadurai has done something many political candidates would never dare to — let alone in a liberal bastion like Massachusetts.
Ayyadurai, who is running for U.S. Senate as a Republican, publicly associates with alt-right personalities. The alt-right is a loose term that describes people who eschew mainstream conservatism in favor of white nationalism. And the Massachusetts Republican Party has not said anything about it yet.
