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Aida Chavez

Washington, D.C.
Covers:  Congress, U.S. foreign policy, economics, global political economy, U.S. politics, economic policy, social movements, working class and labor issues
Journalist / signal: 202-557-6620 / editor @capandempire, previous @thenation @theintercept @MorePerfectUS @migrantinsider @thehill. also @JJayEcon @justfp.

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Aída Chávez is a journalist covering U.S. politics, Congress, and foreign policy. Before founding Capital & Empire, she was Communications Director and Policy Adviser at Just Foreign Policy, an anti-war advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. She was previously The Nation’s Washington correspondent and a congressional reporter at The Intercept. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Hill, Zeteo, Responsible Statecraft, More Perfect Union, among other outlets.

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CIA Weighs Shuttering China Center as Trump Shifts Focus to Venezuela

CIA Weighs Shuttering China Center as Trump Shifts Focus to Venezuela

The U.S. is temporarily stepping back from its Cold War with China and channeling its aggression toward Venez…

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Democrats Fall in Line as Trump's Allies Prepare to Profit From Gaza Reconstruction

Democrats Fall in Line as Trump's Allies Prepare to Profit From Gaza Reconstruction

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are leading a U.S.-backed reconstruction scheme funded by Gulf monarchies. Fe…

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What's Being Tested on Palestinians Will Be Used on the Rest of Us

What's Being Tested on Palestinians Will Be Used on the Rest of Us

A dispatch from the West Bank, where the Israeli occupation is refining a system of violence the capitalist c…

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I Just Got Back From the Centrist Rally. It Was Weird as Hell.

I Just Got Back From the Centrist Rally. It Was Weird as Hell.

Watching hundreds of nerds get together to bash the left and gush about "abundance" was as off-putting as it …

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Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World's Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation

Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World's Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation

Trump's bid for regime change in Yemen should be anathema to both America Firsters and Democrats, but will an…

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USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending

USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending

Trump and Musk's war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can't overlook that USAID has …

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