Aída Chávez

Aída Chávez is a journalist based in Washington, D.C., covering Congress and the impact of public policy on diverse communities. Prior to joining The Intercept, she worked for The Hill and Cronkite News – Arizona PBS. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2017 with a B.A. in journalism and political science.

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Hawkish Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel Is Facing Two Primary Challengers

Aída Chávez, Akela Lacy — Jun. 18

Jamaal Bowman and Andom Ghebreghiorgis have both launched progressive challenges to Engel, citing the New York representative’s record on foreign policy.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Campaign Organizers Are Training Working-Class Progressives to Take on the Consultant Class

Aída Chávez — Jun. 13

“Things like Movement School, where we wanna get more progressive leaders trained at the local level, the state level, matter a lot because the current infrastructure isn’t serving our policies.”

Bernie Sanders Calls for Brazil’s Judiciary to Release Lula in Wake of Corruption Exposure

Aída Chávez, Akela Lacy — Jun. 11

Sanders is responding to The Intercept’s exposé on Operation Car Wash, an anti-corruption probe that landed the former Brazilian president in prison.

The Day I Met Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Aída Chávez — May. 30

She wasn’t yet the target of conservative hate-thirst, and up until two months before I met her, she was still going by “Sandy” and working at a bar.

The Right Opens Up a New Front in the Census War: Criminal Records

Aída Chávez — May. 22

In a congressional hearing, a witness from the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute said that the Census Bureau should ask about criminal records.

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