Read all the lastest news, stories and posts about NY congresswoman from New York’s 14th district – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / AOC.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Is This Latina Jew The Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
“Is Julia Salazar, a state Senate candidate in Brooklyn, the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?” That’s what the New York Daily News tweeted on Monday — and the paper may be onto something. Since Ocasio-Cortez’s remarkable upset victory over 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley, pundits have been comparing the two young, progressive women running for office. While they…
-
Opinion Healthcare Is The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time
Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned election-night reaction rooms around the country by winning the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th congressional district. Ocasio-Cortez is a 28-year-old DSA member with a degree in economics from Boston University. She helped organize for Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. After the coming election…
-
News What It Means For Israel If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Democrats’ Future
Prominent progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders and activist Linda Sarsour are vying with each other to laud Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who notched a David-and-Goliath upset victory over 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York. Her victory — with 57% of the vote — raises larger questions about the party’s direction, including whether…
-
Fast Forward ‘Greedy Jewish Landlords’ Pol Campaigned For Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The raucous victory party for congressional giant-killer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez featured a who’s who of progressive New York politics, including actor-turned-gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon. It also included a man who has run for office on the platform of fighting “greedy Jewish landlords.” Notice the guy behind her, in the purple shirt? It’s Thomas Lopez-Pierre, Mark Levine’s…
-
Fast Forward Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is A Strong Critic Of Israel
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the insurgent firebrand who Tuesday toppled the No. 4 Democrat in the House of Representatives, is a strong critic of Israel who denounced the killings of Palestinian protesters as a “massacre.” This is a massacre. I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such. No state or entity is absolved…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller
- 2
Fast Forward The judge in Maduro’s case is an Orthodox Jew — and displays a Torah verse in his chambers
- 3
Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
- 4
News He stormed the Capitol wearing a Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt 5 years ago. Where is he now?
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Fundraiser for ICE agent who killed Renee Good includes antisemitic attack on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
-
Fast Forward Democrats compare ICE with the Gestapo as they push to curb agency’s power
-
Fast Forward Lindsey Graham quickly embraces Netanyahu’s desire to ‘taper’ off US military aid over next decade
-
Opinion Trump says Republicans ‘don’t like’ antisemites. Don’t trust him
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
