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THE RISE OF AOC: Outside, in

Can a renegade make peace with the system -- and change it?

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Anand Giridharadas
Aug 14, 2026
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This is part four of my in-depth portrait of the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Find the first installment, and the series introduction, here. Find the second installment here. Find the third installment here. Today’s chapter looks at how, during her first term in Congress, Ocasio-Cortez learned when to engage in combat — and when instead to play th…

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