Aída Chávez

D.C. Correspondent

Aída Chávez is communications director and policy adviser at Just Foreign Policy. She was previously The Nation’s D.C. correspondent and a reporter at The Intercept, More Perfect Union, and other outlets.

Chevron oil refinery

The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil

Financial disclosure forms reveal that one of the president’s nominees, Jose Fernandez, worked for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and fossil fuel companies, including Chevro...

May 5, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Rana Abdelhamid

Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent

"I came to organizing both from a class perspective and also just growing up post-9/11 as a Muslim New Yorker,” the candidate told The Nation.

Apr 15, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Yemen blockade

Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade

Nearly 80 congressional Democrats have called on the Biden administration to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade immediately.

Apr 13, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Jayapal taxes

Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure

The party is split between a stubborn establishment and what some activists see as its overly conciliatory left flank.

Apr 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Richard Nephew

Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form

While progressives urge the administration to curb punitive sanctions, its new deputy Iran envoy was an architect of Obama-era sanctions policy.

Mar 26, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Kyrsten Sinema

How Kyrsten Sinema Sold Out How Kyrsten Sinema Sold Out

The origin story of the Senate’s newest super villain.

Mar 22, 2021 / Aída Chávez

The United States-Mexico borderlands in Arizona

Border State Voters Support Humane Immigration Reform Border State Voters Support Humane Immigration Reform

A poll of Arizona voters shows that, unlike their elected officials, they care more about policy than congressional procedure.

Mar 19, 2021 / Aída Chávez

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