Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Don't let the lie stand: Denounce the Israeli genocide claim, no matter who raises it - editorial

Labeling Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide is not criticism but a modern blood libel, one that distorts October 7, fuels antisemitism worldwide, and must be confronted head-on.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

 ‘THE SQUAD’ – US Reps. Ayanna Pressley (from left), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2019

The Squad’s selective feminism fails Iranian women, too - comment


Black challenger Bowman leads in bid to oust veteran congressman Engel

Bowman, 44, was leading Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, by 59.48% to 35.31%, the New York state elections board said, with 627 of 732 election precincts reporting.

Jamaal Bowman, above, is challenging longtime congressman Eliot Engel for his House seat

AOC endorses primary challenger to 16-term congressman Eliot Engel

It is unusual for a congressman from a party in a state’s delegation to endorse a primary challenger of a colleague

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to media before participating in a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, New York City

Ilhan Omar introduces bill cancelling rent, mortgage payments amid coronavirus

In order to counterbalance the inevitable loss in revenue property owners will incur while waiving tenant payments, the legislation intends to install a relief fund to cover the losses.

Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.

AOC: We need universal healthcare, basic income to fight coronavirus

The House of Representatives, however, has already prepared new legislation regarding coronavirus relief, voting in favor of the new measures on Thursday.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing

Trump retweets Mark Levin saying AOC is a 'barely literate moron’

Ocasio-Cortez said “no one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars,” during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day discussion with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) looks on during a march organised by the Women's March Alliance in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 19, 2019

Bernie Sanders builds progressive alliances with Jayapal endorsement

The senator is aiming to build a more diverse support network, having previously faced criticism that his 2016 campaign was too male and too white.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal. D-Wash, holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution as she votes to approve the second article of impeachment against President Donald Trump during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2019

AOC admits to being one of the 'most hated' people in the US

Finishing her first year in Congress, the leader of "The Squad" looks back on the hate against her, as well as the vocal support she's received.

A woman passes by an electronic billboard in Times Square displaying, "Thanks For Nothing, AOC!", referencing U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the pullout of Amazon's HQ 2 in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2019

AOC: Trump is a corrupt politician afraid of 'strong women'

'I think that if the president is calling me crazy, that's good. It'd be a problem if he said he agreed with me, because he has a lot of issues,' Ocasio-Cortez said in the interview.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduces Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the "Bernie's Back" rally at Queensbridge Park in the Queens Borough of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2019

The vocal anti-Israel crowd does not represent the majority

Eroding the bipartisan consensus on Israel runs the risk of turning support of an ally into a partisan exercise.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduces Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the "Bernie's Back" rally at Queensbridge Park in the Queens Borough of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2019

U.S. uses fake university to fight visa fraud, 100s of students arrested

"ICE is setting up fake universities to trap students. Yet we were called radical for opposing it," tweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

ICE officers carry out a raid