Under ordinary circumstances, the death of a homeless woman trying to cross a road in Arizona would barely arouse notice. After all, about 16 pedestrians are killed every day on U.S. roads, and Arizona is one of the deadliest states.
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Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—a 28-year-old socialist who ran on progressive policies such as Medicare for All, a federal jobs guarantee, the human right to housing and abolishing ICE—defeated Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. Ocasio-Cortez’s victory left much of the political world in awe with observers wondering out loud what the upset means for the ongoing ideological contest between the Democrats’ establishment and progressive wings.
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