As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force citizens to remain in their homes, the enterprising Puerto Rican rapper-activist Residente has begun broadcasting weekly Instagram Live discussions with world leaders. In the interest of educating and connecting with listeners from across Latin America, previous broadcasts have featured Nayib Bukele, a resident …
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This all-access, dig-in-and-dig-deep documentary from Rachel Lears and co-writer Robin Blotnick concerns the 2018 primary campaigns of four progressive, grassroots, insurrectionist, female Democrats: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a waitress/bartender from New York who is forced to work double shifts to save her family home from foreclosure. Amy Vilela is a Nevada …
Read More »Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Criticizes Capitalism, Political Moderates at SXSW
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke at SXSW on Saturday night, covering topics ranging from capitalism to automation and political moderates. The breakout star of the incoming freshman class of Democrats spoke with moderator Briahna Gray, senior politics editor atThe Intercept,at the “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Left” event, where she criticized capitalism …
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