News | Politics & Elections House Passes Assault Weapons Ban, First of Its Kind in Decades Though assault weapons are behind many of the U.S.'s worst mass shootings, the bill likely won't pass the Senate. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 1, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Ocasio-Cortez Gathers Support for Bill to Overrule Supreme Court’s EPA Decision The lawmaker has introduced a bill to explicitly give the EPA the ability to regulate carbon emissions. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 25, 2022 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights AOC Calls Out 195 House Republicans Who Voted Against Access to Contraception Ocasio-Cortez said voting against the contraceptive access bill was the “first step” to attacking contraception. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Ocasio-Cortez Says Manchin Has Lost All Credibility on Climate “I don't think he has any authority to speak on climate for the rest of our term here,” she said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 20, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Progressives Demand Biden Immediately Ban New Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Lands The lawmakers say it’s past time for the Biden administration to start phasing out fossil fuel leasing on public lands. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 20, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor House Staffers in 8 Offices File to Form First-Ever Congressional Unions About 85 staffers are unionizing, including those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 18, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Calls for Congress to Strip Supreme Court of Its Ability to Rule on Abortion Democrats are also calling for the Supreme Court to be barred from ruling on contraception or marriage equality. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 15, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Calls on Senate to Formally Say If Supreme Court Justices Lied About “Roe” Allowing the justices to lie in order to get confirmed is a dangerous precedent to set, Ocasio-Cortez says. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 12, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We Are Witnessing a Judicial Coup in Process” The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that could fundamentally change how the electoral process works in the U.S. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 1, 2022 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights AOC Shares Guides to Abortion Access: “Your Bodily Autonomy Belongs to You.” Right-wing figures criticized Ocasio-Cortez for sharing information on how to access abortion medication online. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 28, 2022 Truthout