The experts tell us what’s wrong with the Amazon deal
The experts tell us what’s wrong with the Amazon deal
In January, the RWDSU and four community organizations—Alliance for a Greater New York, Make the Road New York, New York Communities for Change and Local Progress—conducted a briefing in the RWDSU...
In January, the RWDSU and four community organizations—Alliance for a Greater New York, Make the Road New York, New York Communities for Change and Local Progress—conducted a briefing in the RWDSU’s New York City office to discuss our recently released report “What’s Wrong With Amazon.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's State of the Union guest is activist who confronted Jeff Flake in elevator
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's State of the Union guest is activist who confronted Jeff Flake in elevator
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become known for making a statement – and she's not going to attend President Trump's State of the Union address without sending a message of her own. The New Yorker...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become known for making a statement – and she's not going to attend President Trump's State of the Union address without sending a message of her own. The New Yorker is bringing a special guest to her first State of the Union as a congresswoman: Ana Maria Archila. The activist is known for confronting then-Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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AOC to Bring Woman Who Confronted Jeff Flake as Her State of the Union Guest
AOC to Bring Woman Who Confronted Jeff Flake as Her State of the Union Guest
Archila, the co-executive director at the Center for Popular Democracy, had cornered Flake as he stepped into a Senate building elevator alongside fellow protester Maria Gallagher, telling him he...
Archila, the co-executive director at the Center for Popular Democracy, had cornered Flake as he stepped into a Senate building elevator alongside fellow protester Maria Gallagher, telling him he was sending a harmful message to sexual assault survivors with his support of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Morales named to board of progressive government group
Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Morales named to board of progressive government group
Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Morales was named Thursday to the board of directors for Local Progress, a national network of progressive municipal officials...“Each elected official...
Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Morales was named Thursday to the board of directors for Local Progress, a national network of progressive municipal officials...“Each elected official that we have appointed to our board is a rising star in their region who has demonstrated a bold, progressive vision,” Sarah Johnson, the group's executive director, said in a prepared statement.
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Ocasio-Cortez invites woman who confronted Jeff Flake over Kavanaugh to State of the Union
Ocasio-Cortez invites woman who confronted Jeff Flake over Kavanaugh to State of the Union
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced on Monday that she had invited the woman behind the viral confrontation with then-Sen. Jeff Flake over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to be her...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced on Monday that she had invited the woman behind the viral confrontation with then-Sen. Jeff Flake over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to be her State of the Union guest on Tuesday.
“This @AnaMariaArchil2, the NY-14 shero that will be accompanying me to the State of the Union tomorrow,” the New York Democrat wrote on Twitter, quoting a tweet with the video of Ana Maria Archila’s encounter in September. “She wasn’t planning on leaping into that elevator ahead of the Kavanaugh vote, but after hearing the stories of survivors across the country, she went in.”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ana Maria Archila: two Latinas determined to make history while “misbehaving”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ana Maria Archila: two Latinas determined to make history while “misbehaving”
“The Congresswoman from the Bronx announced that her guest of honor at Tuesday's State of the Union address will be the community organizer and Center for Popular Democracy Action Executive...
“The Congresswoman from the Bronx announced that her guest of honor at Tuesday's State of the Union address will be the community organizer and Center for Popular Democracy Action Executive Director, Ana María Archila, who famously confronted Senator Jeff Flake during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court controversial confirmation hearing in October.
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Ana Maria Archila, who confronted Sen. Jeff Flake, will be Ocasio-Cortez's SOTU guest
Ana Maria Archila, who confronted Sen. Jeff Flake, will be Ocasio-Cortez's SOTU guest
Ana Maria Archila, the Queens woman who famously confronted Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator, will be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s State of the Union guest on Tuesday.
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Ana Maria Archila, the Queens woman who famously confronted Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator, will be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s State of the Union guest on Tuesday.
Archila, a longtime community organizer and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, was one of two women who shared their stories of sexual assault for the first time with the senator in an emotional encounter during the debate over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. With a CNN camera broadcasting liveright behind the women, Archila and Maria Gallagher blocked the doors of an elevator and pressed Flake to justify his support for Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault as a teenager.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's State Of The Union Guest Ana Maria Archila Spoke Truth To Power
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's State Of The Union Guest Ana Maria Archila Spoke Truth To Power
Ana Maria Archila, a community organizer and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, went viral back in September when she and another survivor, Maria Gallagher,...
Ana Maria Archila, a community organizer and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, went viral back in September when she and another survivor, Maria Gallagher, confronted Flake in an elevator after he announced he would support Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh was accused of allegedly sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford when they were both in high school in the 1980s, as well as two other women around the same time. He has denied all the allegations. Representatives for Kavanaugh did not respond to Elite Daily's request for comment at the time.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invites activist who protested Kavanaugh nomination as her SOTU guest
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invites activist who protested Kavanaugh nomination as her SOTU guest
According to Newsweek, Archila is the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy. And so when she saw Flake, she felt compelled to share her own sexual assault experience while...
According to Newsweek, Archila is the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy. And so when she saw Flake, she felt compelled to share her own sexual assault experience while passionately pleading with him not to support Kavanaugh.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Bring Activist Who Confronted Jeff Flake To SOTU
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Bring Activist Who Confronted Jeff Flake To SOTU
Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, made headlines in September when she explained her own sexual assault to Flake in an effort to persuade him to vote...
Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, made headlines in September when she explained her own sexual assault to Flake in an effort to persuade him to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation.
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