Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Path Forward for the Left

About this episode

<p><span>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most prominent progressives in Washington. Her political ascent began with her shocking 2018 defeat of a longtime incumbent in a New York district that includes parts of Queens and the Bronx. She is a strong advocate of the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. With her party’s razor-thin majorities now in peril, many of her priorities seem out of reach. Can the agenda she was elected to advance survive? </span> </p> <p><span>Ocasio-Cortez reflects on her time in Washington with David Remnick, painting a dysfunctional portrait of Congress. “Honestly, it is a shit show,” she says. “It’s scandalizing, every single day. What is surprising to me is how it never stops being scandalizing.”</span></p> <p><span>This conversation is part of </span><i><span>The New Yorker’s</span></i><span> first </span><a href="https://newyorker.com/interviews-issue-2022"><span>digital-only issue</span></a><span>, a special collection of New Yorker Interviews.</span></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>