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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on January 26, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0925-aoc-400x300.jpg)
Menendez Vows to Stay in Office as AOC, Fetterman Call for His Resignation
Sen. Bob Menendez made his first public remarks on Monday and reiterated his vow to not resign.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on September 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0921-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Announces Creation of Climate Corps Jobs Program
The program aims to employ 20,000 workers within its first year, the White House said.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrive at an Amazon Labor Union rally on April 24, 2022, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0921-bernie-sanders-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Resolution Apologizing for 1973 Chilean Coup
The resolution also calls for the declassification of all U.S. documents related to the coup and its aftermath.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the end of the rally to end fossil fuels ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit in New York on September 17, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_09-19-ocasio-cortez-climate-protest-400x300.jpg)
Ocasio-Cortez, Markey Call on Biden to Establish Civilian Climate Corps
A Civilian Climate Corps would mobilize the U.S. workforce in the fight against the climate crisis.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a press conference on May 24, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0818-aoc-400x300.jpg)
US Should Declassify Docs on Its Role in Chile’s 1973 Coup, Ocasio-Cortez Says
“It's very important to frame the history of what happened here in Chile with Pinochet's dictatorship,” she said.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a press conference on May 24, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0815-aoc-400x300.jpg)
AOC Calls on DOJ to Investigate Thomas for “Blatant Disregard” for the Law
“Refusing to hold him accountable would set a dangerous precedent,” Representative Ocasio-Cortez and lawmakers said.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0731-aoc-400x300.jpg)
AOC Slams Alito for Implying Checks and Balances “Shouldn’t Apply to Him”
“Alito’s next opinion piece in the WSJ is about to be ‘I am a little king, actually,’” Ocasio-Cortez said.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins the picket line as the SAG-AFTRA Actors Union Strike continues in front of Netflix on July 24, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0725-aoc-sag-aftra-400x300.jpg)
AOC Joins SAG, WGA Picket: “How Many Private Jets Does David Zaslav Need?”
“Your fight right here is what’s going to bust this thing wide open,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to United Parcel Services (UPS) workers during a 'practice picket line' on July 7, 2023, in the Queens borough of New York City, ahead of a possible UPS strike.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/023_0717-aoc-ups-400x300.jpg)
AOC Condemns UPS for Refusing to Pay Workers Fairly in Rally With Teamsters
“This shouldn’t even be a fight,” she said while pointing out UPS’s record profits.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a joint committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0705-aoc-400x300.jpg)
AOC: Congress Must Subpoena Roberts If He Doesn’t Answer for SCOTUS Corruption
Supreme Court justices were “overreaching their authority” in striking down student debt relief, she said.