Tag: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Columnist Thiessen, in calling AOC ‘economically illiterate,’ displays own economic ignorance
After all, while the brief bio at the end of his column doesn’t mention it, the newspaper he writes for is owned by Bezos, Amazon’s founder, CEO and the world’s richest man.
Tread carefully, think big: Impressions on AOC and the Green New...
It will be up to the activist communities she came from to defend the Green New Deal and push for it to become a reality in 2020 and beyond.
Answering the attacks on the Green New Deal
But now it seems that someone in Congress is listening. The Green New Deal is America’s last best chance to get it right.
Ocasio-Cortez & Markey unveil sweeping “Green New Deal” to radically shift...
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed to mock the proposal on Wednesday, referring to it as a “green dream, or whatever they call it.”
Ocasio-Cortez and Markey introduce anticipated joint resolutions on Green New Deal
"We are going to transition this country into the future and we are not going to be dragged behind by our past.”
America is already socialist, and that’s a good thing
AOC and her colleagues – not Donald Trump and old, white Republican politicians – represent the future.
Ocasio-Cortez raises over $100,000 in just four days following anonymous 2020...
"It was a good opportunity for us to see what the base was willing to do and if they were going to stand by her in the event of a primary challenge. It was a resounding: 'Yes, they will.'"
House unveils Paycheck Fairness Act to address unfair pay gaps in...
"Because it is time that we pay people what they are worth and not how little they are desperate enough to accept."
Who’s a progressive?
We need politicians who will think outside the box. The need for new ideas is out there. It's just a matter of choosing the ones that'll work.
In first floor speech, Ocasio-Cortez condemns Trump shutdown as ‘erosion of...
"The truth is, this shutdown is about the erosion of American democracy and the subversion of our most basic governmental norms."
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Left for dead in Donald Trump's America; could communal life stir?
The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy
That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.
How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections
A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.
Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close and healthcare disappears
Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.