Austin’s South by Southwest, or SXSW, began as a music, film and tech conference but has become a popular stop for left-of-center politicos. This year, Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro all spoke, and soon-to-be White House hopeful Robert Francis O’Rourke premiered a documentary. But SXSW’s 2019 rock star was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who filled 3,200 seats in the Convention Center Saturday. Notably, the Green New...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 13, 2019 23:03 UTC