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Ayanna Pressley
politics
July 9, 2024
Why Is the Squad Backing Biden So Forcefully?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her political brethren have come out swinging for the president as he battles Democratic doubters.
By
Nia Prater
politics
June 26, 2024
Jamaal Bowman Lost. Is Another Squad Member Next?
Bowman’s resounding defeat may not bode well for Missouri’s Cori Bush, who faces a fierce primary challenge.
By
Nia Prater
2020 elections
July 20, 2020
Eliot Engel Regarded Himself As a Congressman-for-Life
Engel’s resentment of colleagues who endorsed his primary challenger for his ultrasafe seat betrays a sense of aristocratic entitlement.
By
Ed Kilgore
john lewis
July 3, 2020
John Lewis’s Lifelong Struggle for Voting Rights Isn’t Over
Once it looked like Obama’s election represented the culmination of John Lewis’s career. A new documentary shows battles for old causes persist.
By
Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Sept. 17, 2019
Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley Pushes Kavanaugh Impeachment Resolution
Leaders in the Democratic Party aren’t interested.
By
Adam K. Raymond
inexperience
July 23, 2019
President Trump Disdains Inexperience When It’s Not His or His Administration’s
Trump’s latest tweets deride AOC and Ilhan Omar for their ‘inexperience.’ He also wanted Ivanka, who is ‘good with numbers,’ to run the World Bank.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
ilhan omar
July 15, 2019
Ilhan Omar: Trump Has ‘Agenda of White Nationalists’
At a press conference responding to Trump’s attack on four congresswomen of color, Omar repeated the call for Democrats to impeach the president.
By
Matt Stieb
racism
July 14, 2019
Trump Attacks Democratic Congresswomen With White Nationalist Rhetoric
With his reelection campaign now underway, the president is trying out an even bigger dog whistle.
By
Chas Danner
politics
Feb. 27, 2019
No One Was As Tough on Michael Cohen As the Freshmen Congresswomen
The freshmen Democrats put Cohen through the wringer.
By
Lisa Ryan
2018 elections
Sept. 5, 2018
Ayanna Pressley Beats 20-Year Incumbent Mike Capuano in Democratic Primary Upset
She’s the second woman to unseat a House Dem in 2018, after Ocasio-Cortez, and she’ll be the first black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress.
By
Margaret Hartmann