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• In a tweet, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out the rising inequality American families face.
• It now takes an American family over 100 years to double their income. It used to take 23.
• In the past five decades, the pay for the typical worker has declined, as the cost of necessities has grown.

The amount of time it takes for families to double their incomes has drastically increased in the past five decades - and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is speaking out again on rising inequality.

The House has in recent weeks taken several votes to protect individual liberties and reverse the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion last month. Now, progressives are pushing to do the same for the court’s landmark climate ruling in West Virginia v. EPA.

But they’re facing headwinds from some in their own party who have little interest in cracking open the Clean Air Act in an election year.

Multiple Democratic lawmakers were arrested at an abortion rights rally near the Capitol on Tuesday, less than one month after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that reversed Roe v. Wade.

In its recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court ruled that without explicit congressional authorization, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot compel power plants to stop using coal.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday called on President Biden to create abortion clinics on federal land, following the landmark Supreme Court ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade and removed federal abortion protections....

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is advocating impeachment for Supreme Court justices who she says lied during their confirmation hearings when they assured senators that Roe v Wade was established precedent.

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan gun bill intended to prevent dangerous people from accessing firearms and increase investments in the nation’s mental health system, ending nearly three decades of gridlock in Washington over how to address gun violence in the United States.