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‘I Would Like Everyone to Pretend That Was Their Son’ AOC on Jordan Neely’s killing and who gets to feel safe in New York.
By Angelina Chapin
Why AOC Is Speaking Publicly About Her Rape “The most powerful and persuasive things a person can say on any given issue is sharing their personal experience and personal story.”
By Claire Lampen
early and often
Aug. 24, 2022
New York Progressives Actually Had an Excellent Night Despite high-profile defeats at the national level, the left continued to gain clout in Albany.
By Ross Barkan
the city politic
July 26, 2022
Why Jessica Ramos Went After AOC The spat reveals fault lines among seemingly like-minded progressive lawmakers.
By Ross Barkan
the city politic
July 25, 2022
Jessica Ramos Picked a Fight With AOC, for Some Reason In a series of tweets, Ramos claimed the congresswoman is not serving her district well.
By Nia Prater
life after roe
July 19, 2022
By Claire Lampen
early and often
May 19, 2022
AOC’s New Fiancé Is Charmingly Normal Riley Roberts seems supportive, unpretentious, and comfortable with being invisible.
By Josh Gondelman
AOC and Riley Roberts Are Engaged For once, some good political news.
By Danielle Cohen
The Unprecedented AOC How a struggling bartender became the face of a resurgent left.
By Lisa Miller
the city politic
Jan. 14, 2022
‘His First Week in Office Has Been Quite Extraordinary’ The mayoralty of Eric Adams is very new — so why does it feel like so much has already happened?
By Errol Louis
AOC Has Tested Positive for COVID-19 The representative says she’s experiencing symptoms and is recovering at home.
By Danielle Cohen
gross pale male feet
Jan. 3, 2022
Don’t Talk About AOC’s Boyfriend’s Feet The congresswoman called out a former Trump adviser who called them “gross pale male feet.”
By Danielle Cohen
joe manchin
Dec. 21, 2021
What Do Progressives Hope to Gain From Bashing Manchin? The idea that Democrats can take Manchin to the woodshed back home in West Virginia betrays a very poor understanding of that state’s Trumpy politics.
By Ed Kilgore
build back better
Nov. 19, 2021
By Benjamin Hart
Kevin McCarthy Determined Not to Go the Way of Cantor and Boehner After witnessing the fate of former House GOP leaders, McCarthy is not about to annoy extremists in the House by bashing Paul Gosar.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Want to Censure Paul Gosar for Anime in Which He Kills AOC Lawmakers are filing a formal resolution to censure Gosar for posting a clip in which his face is imposed on a character who kills Ocasio-Cortez.
By Matt Stieb
Congressman Posts Bizarre Cry for Attention Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona tweeted an anime video depicting him violently attacking AOC.
By Danielle Cohen
are u coming?
Oct. 15, 2021
Out With Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez, AOC’s Hot Li’l Bro “Sometimes you have to throw yourself to the wolves.”
By Brock Colyar
Streaming With Hasan Piker, the AOC of Twitch “I’m a political commentator with, like, stans.”
By Luke Winkie
Slogans Were Big at This Year’s Met Gala What’s more American than luxury with a side of protest?
By Danielle Cohen
AOC Knows Exactly What She’s Doing Her “Tax the Rich” gown at the Met Gala was intended to stir up conversation, and we ate it up.
By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
democrats in disarray
July 15, 2021
Primary Voters Should Decide the Direction of the Democratic Party Those waging factional battles over who should represent safe districts should defer to the wisdom of actual voters.
By Ed Kilgore
marjorie taylor greene
July 7, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares Liberals to Nazis — Again After apologizing for comparing COVID-19 measures to the Holocaust, MTG is still calling vaccinators “medical brownshirts.”
By Ed Kilgore
capitol riot
July 1, 2021
Kevin McCarthy Between Rock and a Wild Place on January 6 Inquiry The minority leader opposes GOP cooperation with a select committee that his most out-of-control members want to join. He has no great options.
By Ed Kilgore
Ilhan Omar Backs Down In Latest Blowup With Democrats The congresswoman’s remarks about Israel, Hamas, the U.S., and the Taliban were taken out of context, and she was forced to issue a “clarification.”
By Ed Kilgore
AOC Decries ‘Horrifying’ Conditions at the Border She took the Biden administration to task in a virtual town hall.
By Bridget Read
the cut podcast
Mar. 18, 2021
Maybe You Should Run for Office? From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Sarah McBride, elected officials are starting to look more and more like the people they represent.
By the Cut
extremely online
Feb. 3, 2021
The GameStop Rally Exposed the Perils of ‘Meme Populism’ Reddit’s short squeeze was not a populist challenge to the tyranny of finance capital — it just played one on CNBC.
By Eric Levitz
The Clarifying Power of AOC’s Storytelling The congresswoman spoke openly about her trauma, and in doing so made it clear that Republicans must be held accountable.
By Bridget Read
AOC Says She Is a Survivor of Sexual Assault In a livestream where she discussed the trauma of the Capitol insurrection.
By Amanda Arnold
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘I’m a Survivor of Sexual Assault’ In a powerful livestream on Monday night, AOC also disclosed new details from her experience at the Capitol riot.
By Matt Stieb
AOC Tells Ted Cruz to Take a Seat “Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren’t trying to get me killed.”
By Claire Lampen
capitol insurrection
Jan. 24, 2021
Man Charged in Capitol Riot Called for AOC’s Assassination Garret Miller reportedly tweeted “assassinate AOC” on the day of the attack.
By Claire Lampen
street vendor project
Jan. 21, 2021
The Street Vendors Who Are Fighting Against Hunger A new program is spearheaded by the same people it aims to help.
By Chris Crowley
capitol insurrection
Jan. 14, 2021
AOC: ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’ During the Capitol Riots And Ayanna Pressley’s chief of staff says all the panic buttons in Pressley’s office were ripped out.
By Amanda Arnold
capitol riots
Jan. 13, 2021
AOC: ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’ During Capitol Siege The congresswoman also said she worried Republicans would put her in danger as the riots were happening.
By Benjamin Hart
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 18, 2020
Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second Check Trump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
How Vanity Fair ’s AOC Cover Came Together The magazine’s fashion director explains the choices behind the clothes.
By Emilia Petrarca
vision 2020
Oct. 26, 2020
New Yorkers Brave Depressingly Long Lines on First Weekend of Early Voting The crowds were both a testament to intense voter sentiment and an ever-backward election system.
By Benjamin Hart
presidential debates
Oct. 22, 2020
Trump Started the Debate Disciplined, Then Lapsed Into Being Himself Trump needed to make a coherent case that his record entitles him to a second term. He tried that, then began raving in right-wing code.
By Ed Kilgore
extremely online
Oct. 21, 2020
By Charu Sinha
some advice
Sept. 19, 2020
AOC Tells Us What to Do Right Now Call your uncle in a swing state and other advice from the congresswoman.
By Angelina Chapin
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Brought the ‘Bushwick Birkin’ to D.C. Days after shouting out designer Telfar Clemens on her Instagram.
By Emilia Petrarca
AOC Made Her Minute Count The congresswoman only got 60 seconds to speak, but she used them well.
By Claire Lampen
Cardi B Endorses AOC for President “She better run … when she turns 35.”
By Claire Lampen
Democrats Struggle to Accommodate Stars at Shrunken Convention With no live audience and reduced media coverage, and no incumbent president to soak up attention, Democrats will have to be careful about who speaks.
By Ed Kilgore
vulture sports
July 27, 2020
Megan Rapinoe Sits 6 Feet Away From AOC in New Talk Show HBO dropped the trailer for Seeing America With Megan Rapinoe .
By Rebecca Alter
the body politic
July 24, 2020
The Poison of Male Incivility When a woman dares respond to it, she’s seen as “disruptive.”
By Rebecca Traister
Crazed Republican Congressman Accosts AOC on Her Way to Work Representative Ted Yoho reportedly called her “disgusting” and “a f- - -ing bitch.”
By Bridget Read
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