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As AOC and Pressley Demand Answers on Trump Effort to Deport Sick Kids, ICE Officials at Hearing Refuse to Talk

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), at the end of her patience, demands to know why ICE official Daniel Renaud refuses to answer her questions during a hearing on Wednesday, September 11. (

As Alabama GOP Calls for Ilhan Omar's Expulsion From Congress, Minnesota Dem and Her Allies Hit Back

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) rallies with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the U.S. Capitol March 08, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

"Well, the Klan has spoken."

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'Progressive Except Palestine'? Khanna and Pressley Draw Fire Over Vote Condemning Nonviolent BDS Movement

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) both voted in favor of a resolution that condemned BDS on Tuesday, angering progressives.

"If Pressley doesn't get Palestine on this most basic and limited point she's...

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Americans Must Do More Than Simply Reject Trump's Racism, Omar Argues in 'Absolute Must Read' NYT Op-Ed

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) rallies with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the U.S. Capitol March 08, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

"Not enough to condemn the corruption and self-dealing," says Democratic...

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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects before the flag-draped casket of late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2019. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

As Trump Tweets More Racism on His Way To 'Pay Respect' to Justice Stevens, Omar Calls for Cancelling Student Debt

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters outside of the West Wing July 16, 2019.

Kellyanne Conway Questions Reporter's Ethnicity While Defending President's Latest Racist Remarks

Sen. Lindsey Graham, during an appearance on "Fox and Friends," attacked a quartet of popular progressive Democrats.

AOC Slams Lindsey Graham for Comments Akin to '1950s McCarthyism' as Battle Between Progressive Dems and White House Continues

#RacistPresident Trends as Pressley, AOC, Tlaib, and Omar Hit Back at Trump's Bigoted Attack

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi applauds U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2019.

Trump Takes Pelosi's Side Against AOC and The Squad as Intraparty Fight Over Immigration Continues

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) speaks at a rally on October 1, 2018 in Boston. Pressley's primary campaign against then-incumbent Mike Capuano was in the news Friday as members of the CBC were taken to task over their support of her white opponent.

Progressives Push Back After Congressional Black Caucus Attacks Justice Democrats Over Primary Challenges

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, (D-MI) (2R) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley (D-MA) attend a House Oversight and Reform Committee holds a hearing on "The Trump Administration's Child Separation Policy: Substantiated Allegations of Mistreatment." July 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. The hearing comes just ahead of a planned multiday Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation to arrest thousands of undocumented immigrant families in sever

Powerful and Emotional Testimony From Escobar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and Pressley on Family Separation and Child Imprisonment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her caucus Wednesday to take any problems to her and leave Twitter out of it.

Pelosi, After Railing Against AOC and Others in NYT Interview, Tells Critics in Caucus Not to Vent Criticism on Twitter

'Just as We Said They Would,' Says Ocasio-Cortez as ICE Opens Three New Detention Centers in Defiance of Congress

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) listen as Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill February 27, 2019.

"That Public 'Whatever' Is Called Public Sentiment": Critics Hit Back After Pelosi Once Again Disses AOC, Omar, and Others

Overcrowding of families observed by OIG on June 11, 2019, at the Border Patrol's station in Weslaco, Texas.

'Grotesque and Dehumanizing' Conditions of Border Facilities Detailed in Photos and New Report by Inspector General

'I Will Outwork Your Hate': Over Slurs From Pro-Trump Hecklers, Rashida Tlaib Vows to Keep Fighting to End Horrific Treatment of Migrants

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Peace Action

Peace Action Endorses ‘The Squad’ — Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib for Congress

Center for Popular Democracy

House Democrats Lift Medicare for All As Racial Justice Issue

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Norman Solomon

The Danger of Nancy Pelosi’s Bad Attitude Toward Progressives

Michael Winship

Trump, Go Back Where You Came From

Sarah Anderson, Negin Owliaei

‘The Squad’ Keeps the Focus on Bold, Inequality-Busting Policies

Sonali Kolhatkar

Why I'm Glad About Trump's Latest Twitter Tirade

Bonnie Castillo

Nurses Stand in Solidarity With Congressional Women of Color

Peter Certo

Washington vs. The Squad

Natasha Hakimi Zapata

I Know What It’s Like to Be Told to ‘Go Back’ to My Own Country

Juan Cole

Top 4 Ways the Squad of Young Congresswomen Represent More Americans Than Trump

Jeffrey C. Isaac

Trump's Latest Tweets Are Not Just Racist, But Part of a Broader Reactionary Attack on the Left

John Atcheson

Pelosi's War on Progressives Risks Another Trump Victory