On Tuesday, Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley became the second progressive insurgent to topple an incumbent member of Congress in a Democratic primary this year, trouncing Congressman Mike Capuano by 18 points.

No one in the political establishment, on either side of the aisle, believed in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s longshot campaign to unseat longtime Democratic Congressman Joe Crowley ahead of her stunning victory in June. Except, apparently, President Trump, who said in a Thursday interview—almost exactly two months after…

Former Senator Joe Lieberman, a laughingstock, turncoat ex-Democrat whose name is shorthand for “spoiler,” has a novel idea for Democratic kingpin Joe Crowley, who was felled by left wing newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the primary: Try running third party!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent a shockwave throughout the Democratic Party last month when she walloped longtime congressman Joe Crowley in the primary for New York’s 14th District. Apparently, that wasn’t the only race she won that night.

It’s another Tuesday in the bowels of hell that we call life, and yet a beautiful tweet (that I love) comes to us from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, progressive darling and queen of my heart.

Nancy Pelosi made it abundantly clear on Thursday that she is still pissed about the primary defeat of her staunch ally Joe Crowley.

It’s hard to overstate the significance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset primary win over 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional district. She is a working-class Latina who was bartending less than a year ago. She is an unapologetic socialist who called for abolishing ICE back in February.…

Last night, we saw a rare glimpse of what happens when you refuse to settle for Conventionally Electable or Better Than the Republican in the political arena: Latinx socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a decisive victory over New York congressman Joe Crowley, a Democratic kingmaker who was widely viewed as a…

Tuesday night wasn’t just the Democrats’ Eric Cantor moment. That quickly became the media narrative of the Democratic primary in New York’s 14th Congressional District well before the race was even called, but it’s an incomplete one. No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win over Rep. Joe Crowley yesterday was bigger than…

Holy shit.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former organizer for Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, is running to represent New York’s 14th district in Congress, facing down the kingmakers of the national Democratic Party establishment.

This piece is part of Splinter’s series The New Guard, where we interview progressive candidates who are running in 2018 midterm races across the country to shake up the Democratic Party establishment.

The GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax bill, which is essentially a huge tax cut for the wealthy, is very unpopular. Even after months of campaigning, majorities still disapprove of the bill. Its passage, therefore, is a potential political gift for Democrats—that is, if they take advantage of it.

With the news coming out of Donald Trump’s administration getting a little more stupid with each passing day, you may be feeling energized and ready to mobilize against the Republicans’ legislative agenda at the state level in the run-up to the midterms. But if you’re looking for bold ideas and fresh leadership, don’t…