Small-Dollar Donors Are Playing a Growing Role in Congressional Campaigns
“More candidates chose to focus on waging campaigns based on good public policy, not what delights Wall Street donors.”
Aída Chávez
Aída Chávez is communications director and policy adviser at Just Foreign Policy. She was previously The Nation’s D.C. correspondent and a reporter at The Intercept, More Perfect Union, and other outlets.
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At Conservative Conference, Speakers Were Obsessed With the Socialist Boogeyman
At this week’s CPAC conference, conservatives couldn't stop talking about “creeping socialism.”
The Viral Confrontation With Dianne Feinstein Had a Political Impact Most Pundits Missed
That activists’ conversations with Democrats — and Republicans — have borne actual fruit should be instructive as they try to gin up more support for the Green New Deal.
Democrats Across the Country Are Getting Hounded by Voters for Shying Away From the Green New Deal
“Climate delayers are the new climate deniers,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Budget Proposal Would Force Grassroots Activists to Register as Lobbyists
The New York governor’s budget proposal includes a measure that would lower the annual spending threshold for what counts as lobbying from $5,000 to $500.
The War on Immigrants
Immigrant Rights Groups Trash Border Deal: “Immigrant Families Will Pay the Price”
Democrats had pushed for cuts to ICE's detention budget, but ceded that demand in the interest of moving negotiations forward.
Black Critics of Kamala Harris and Cory Booker Push Back Against Claims That They're Russian “Bots”
Angela Rye and Joy Reid have speculated that American descendants of slaves using the hashtag “ADOS” to critique Harris and Booker are Russian bots.
New York Democrats Could Eliminate Ocasio-Cortez's District After 2020
After the census, New York state is expected to lose a congressional district. But powerful Democrats have an incentive to keep AOC comfortably in her seat.
Ana Maria Archila, Who Confronted Sen. Jeff Flake, Will Be Ocasio-Cortez's SOTU Guest
Ana Maria Archila, a constituent of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's, will now return to the Capitol as an invited guest.
How the Green New Deal Became the Green New Deal
The signature effort that has become attached to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Green New Deal, was originally planned to go by a different name, she said.