Presenting our December cover star: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez! Two elections in, the congresswoman is still fighting the fight—and she’s as sure as she’s ever been.

Read the @AOC cover story now. Photograph by Tyler Mitchell. http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad 

For V.F.’s December cover, @AOC opens up about her father’s influence on her political life, the day Ted Yoho lost his shit, and the power she finds in her iconic red lip. Read the cover story now:

Photographs by Tyler Mitchell. http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad 

. @AOC on Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell: http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad 

. @AOC calls her friendship with Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib—also known as The Squad—a “gift from God”: http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad 

. @AOC on the New York Times’s bombshell investigation of Trump’s taxes: http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad 

. @AOC’s future is a matter of endless speculation: New York Senate, House leadership, a Cabinet post? “I don’t know if I’m really going to be staying in the House forever,” she says. “I don’t see myself really staying where I’m at for the rest of my life.” http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad 

Bernie Sanders opens up about @AOC, who became the most crucial backer of his 2020 presidential campaign: http://vntyfr.com/VbXWvad