Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez /tags/alexandria-ocasio-cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:02:50 GMT The Democratic Push To Tax The Rich More Is 40 Years In The Making /news/2021-09-16/the-democratic-push-to-tax-the-rich-more-is-40-years-in-the-making Democrats will try the same budgetary process from four decades ago when first-year President Ronald Reagan used reconciliation to achieve his "revolution" in federal fiscal policy. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:02:50 GMT /news/2021-09-16/the-democratic-push-to-tax-the-rich-more-is-40-years-in-the-making Ron Elving Ocasio-Cortez Sees Green New Deal Progress In Biden Plan, But 'It's Not Enough' /news/2021-04-02/green-new-deal-leaders-see-biden-climate-plans-as-a-victory-kind-of For Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and progressive climate activists, the Biden infrastructure plan shows the influence of the Green New Deal. But they think it's nowhere near big enough. Fri, 02 Apr 2021 11:03:23 GMT /news/2021-04-02/green-new-deal-leaders-see-biden-climate-plans-as-a-victory-kind-of Danielle Kurtzleben How Puerto Ricans Feel About Statehood And What Becoming A State Could Look Like /2021-03-11/how-puerto-ricans-feel-about-statehood-and-what-becoming-a-state-could-look-like Puerto Rico’s governor is lobbying Congress to vote in favor of statehood. We took a look at current attitudes here and in Puerto Rico about this debate. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:00:01 GMT /2021-03-11/how-puerto-ricans-feel-about-statehood-and-what-becoming-a-state-could-look-like Leslie Ovalle Atkinson There's A New Push To Make Puerto Rico A State. Thanks To The State Of Florida's Pull? /news/2021-03-10/theres-a-new-push-to-make-puerto-rico-a-state-thanks-to-the-state-of-floridas-pull Florida's large and more recently arrived diaspora is a key force driving the new — and potentially successful — Puerto Rican statehood effort in Washington. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:00:45 GMT /news/2021-03-10/theres-a-new-push-to-make-puerto-rico-a-state-thanks-to-the-state-of-floridas-pull Tim Padgett Hunger Organization Pushes Out Yoho After 'Verbal Attack' On Ocasio-Cortez /2020-07-27/hunger-organization-pushes-out-yoho-after-verbal-attack-on-ocasio-cortez A nonpartisan Christian organization that seeks to end hunger says it has asked for and received the resignation of congressman Ted Yoho from its board... Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:48:09 GMT /2020-07-27/hunger-organization-pushes-out-yoho-after-verbal-attack-on-ocasio-cortez Associated Press, Associated Press 'I Could Not Allow That To Stand': Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Republican For Vulgar Insult /national-politics/2020-07-23/i-could-not-allow-that-to-stand-ocasio-cortez-rebukes-republican-for-vulgar-insult Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., addressed a public confrontation she had with Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., earlier this week. She said her family "did not raise me to accept abuse from men." Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:34:00 GMT /national-politics/2020-07-23/i-could-not-allow-that-to-stand-ocasio-cortez-rebukes-republican-for-vulgar-insult Barbara Sprunt Finishing His Term Was Better Punishment For Evo Morales – And Bolivia's Democracy /news/2019-11-13/finishing-his-term-was-better-punishment-for-evo-morales-and-bolivias-democracy COMMENTARYUsually the only thing more narrow-minded than a right-wing American wading into Latin American politics is a left-wing American wading into… Thu, 14 Nov 2019 01:35:08 GMT /news/2019-11-13/finishing-his-term-was-better-punishment-for-evo-morales-and-bolivias-democracy Tim Padgett